I assume therefore I am.

You wake up in the morning and remember you have a meeting today that you’ve been dreading. Before you even get out of the shower, you’ve played the meeting out in your mind so many times you have a complete dialog scripted. Why even bother going? You know exactly how it will go. You know the issues, the players, their irritating ways…

But somewhere buried beneath your ego, your assumptions and possibly even your hurt feelings, is your Reasonable Self. Your Reasonable Self knows that the assumptions and worries you project become a self-fulfilling story. You know the trap you create as you work to convince yourself that everything is just as as you assume it to be. Imagine if we let Rational Self do the talking…

“Hey! You have no idea what’s going to happen today! You have no idea what other people are thinking! Listen first and work to understand. Now let’s get to a meeting! Would you like to stop at Starbucks on the way? You’ve done such a good job of turning your attitude around, I think you’ve earned it…”

Whatever! It’s my RS voice in my head. I’m sure yours knows just how to motivate you if you’ll only listen!

When you stop projecting how things will be, you’ll discover how uncomplicated things really are. When you stop trying to prove your worth, your brilliance or your own value…you’ll have more time to do what you’re uniquely equipped to do in this world…and I can tell you, it’s not self promotion or protection. You’re here for much greater purposes than that.

Remember to know what you don’t know. And know what you do know: It is what it is. We are who we are. Life is good. And goodness grows.

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