I remember learning at a very young age what it meant to assume. In a nutshell it was the perfect storm for creating an “ass out of you and me” (ass-u-me). When we assume we know what others are thinking or why they are reacting the way they are, we are not centered in our own being. We could never know all of the experiences another person has gone through to create their reaction in the moment. Even the smallest attempts to do so would be futile.The most effective way to understand another’s reaction is to ask them directly.
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