The 10 worst assumptions you can make in today’s world

  Just kidding but it got your attention

10 BEST AND WORST ASSUMPTIONS TO MAKE REGARDING  PEACE AND JOY

10 WORST ASSUMPTIONS

1. I’m actually going to  offer 10 of each.  You don’t have time to read that long and I am not going to assume what are bad assumptions for me are bad assumptions for you.
2. Read the Above... it seems to me that one of the most foolish assumptions I make is that most people share most of my assumptions about  most things.  We all grew up in different  families, under different  circumstances, in different  generations in some cases and  so for me to take  it for granted that. My set of assumptions would be known let alone understood by  all of the known world is a folly.  So do I avoid that assumption?  Not nearly as often as I should
3. That if you work hard.you can do almost anything.  I once  assumed this and just when  I started to learn better in terms of having a finite yet expansive set of gifts along comes Google and YouTube once again helping me assume that if I try hard enough and have my phone charged—well ...I still can’t do everything I think I should be able to do and I am learning not to make this assumption all over again—at least sort of...I will admit I still think the truth is we all say “I can’t do that,” when “I haven’t learned how to do this yet,” may be more accurate.
4. LIFE IS FAIR   If you need further  info about this assumption please keep on believing that life is fair, the check is in the mail, your call is important to us, and size doesn’t matter.
5. What I learned in my youth in school is still true and useful.  No I didn’t learn that the worlds was flat.  I went to a progressive Catholic school and we threw those  books  out at least 7 months before  I started there.  I did learn there were nine planets and saw 40-some thousand science fair solar system models that proved it to be true.  I wonder if there are  grandparents everywhere going through the attic looking for  these projects and unceremoniously  chopping Pluto off after all they were the people who figure3d. Out how to get all those  models put together in the first place.  Now the lesson here is not that we were wrong about. How many planets there were or there are.  The mistaken assumption is that once you decide saomething. Has been proven once and for all it remains  true and. Is called the same thing forever.  That’s just not a good assumption to make.
6. I assumed that 40 was old-50 was  old—55 was old etc you get the point.  No two bodies age the same and growing  up is not the same  as growing old.  Getting wiser is not the same as getting older either.
7. Statistics are the best way to know things.  I love numbers.  I like to  think about how  17 times 23 is easy to multiply because it is the difference of  shquares.  If you don’t know what that means don’t worry it’s algebra.  also if you square any  number ending in  5 all. You need to  take the numbers  b before the 5 and multiply  one by itself plus one.  So 45 squared is 4 time 5 or 20 and then  put the 25 at the end or it is 2025.  So? Why don’t.i like statistics.   Let’s say  you live in a town where there were 4 cart accidents in 2018.  If there  are 8 accidents in 2019 because  three of your relatives from  England ran into each other in the  dollar store  parking  lot and Wanda the church secretary swerveved to miss a kitten and clipped  the mirror off the pastor’s 4x4, the headline could read “FOREIGNERS AND RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS  LEAD TO ALARMING  INCRTEASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE  SAFETY DECLINE.”  The article could  state that  traffic  accidents have doubled —risen by 100% in less than a year.  So don’t assume statistics while catching your attention (especially if you throw in a pie chart or graph) are all that remarkable unless you know  the context.
8. 7 is enough Assumptions for now and I have made mistakes (or learned lessons) based upon  each and every one of these and don’t judge anyone else who has done the same.

MY BEST 10 ASSUMPTIONS

1. Absolutely  no activity takes exactly as long as I assume it will take.  For example, I figured this blog entry would be done  13 seconds ago.  I assume every oven set at 425 degrees a will cook my frozen pizza the same.  I assume  that my hair will be the same length the next time I get a hair cut if I wait the same amount of time I waited for this one.  None of these things are true nor have they ever been, so don’t expect things will take the amount of time you think.
2. When anyone older than you or in a position of authority  muses your middle name something  unple3asant is about to happen.  Also assume it was your fault regardless if it was or not (see the assumption about fairness above).
3. Okay this is going to be a little. More serious.  One of my most helpful assumptions later in life is  that most people in most situations don’t care  about much of what you do.  You can interpret that as apathy or you can interpret that as  “none of my business”. Kind of thinking.  You can pout about. How you aren’t  the center of the universe or you can conversely decide that you are probably more critical of your mistakes than most people and that  these are lessons for you not big scarlet letters for you to wear around.  Also assume there is little need for you to hand out scarlet letters even if you should choose to care  more than most.  The other cool thing about. This assumption is that it gives you room to explore and experiment. A little in life—so shine a light into the darkness and see what’s possible. 
4. You are at least 1.3 times as  drunk or stoned as you think you are.  No judgment  here just an observation that has served me well over time.  This goes  along with an assumption that  there is an upper limit on getting either. Drunk or high and by the time you get there  you will not believe anyone who is trying to give you this  advice or explanation so read it now and just  treat it like that difference of squares  thing I mentioned above.  
5. In the course of a family reunion  it is better to. Remember and  highlight the funny stuff.  We get to pick (to some extent)  our work, our  hair color, the way we deal with politics, the music we listen to...but we don’t get to pick our family—although we can choose to distance ourself if wanted.  The thing is  during the family reunion no family event will go unmentioned or completely forgotten and the story will be told from  several points of view.  You may as well retell your story from a joyful or humorous point of view...and stay. Close to the cooler and bathroom (this only applies to some families.)
6. You can learn more about people by listening to what they say than telling them what you think about things.  This seems simple on the surface however in today’s world I often hear someone start with their opinion and then  end the line of statements with “don’t you think?” And  then expect to learn something about others.  If you just listen you get two chances to learn about someone.  You learn from what they say and you learn from what they decide not to talk about.  Words gone  unspoken are often the loudest statements ever made.
7. Everything. You do or say will  upset, irritate,annoy, or be disagreed upon by someone.  Again donb’t. Assume anyone assumes  what you assume and don’t assume there is no room for discussion in a disagreement until you are told that directly.  If you are pushing your passion far enough you will always meet someone who has  put a great. Amount of effort to make things the way. They are so you will eventually run into some of these. People and it is healthy to understand  that  you are  now becoming. The change  you want—so congratulations you really impacted the world.
8. Finally assume that you will find yourself in situations where you must  make a choice between three important  paths.  The first path is one you have been down. A lot and know where it probably leads.  It hasn’t been a bad path for you most the time so  it’s a reasonable choice.  The same one is a path you know of (the path less taken—at least by you—) and because you are standing at the  decision point you might think it is time to see what lies a ahead on the  path less traveled by.  New experiences might allow you to use. New and old gifts in new and old ways.  Again, this might be a great path.  The third path?  It’s the one that you  may have to start.  You  may be the one to make the path.  It might be your turn to take your light and shine it out there into the darkness and remove the. Barriers in order to make  new discoveries for those who might follow.  I can’t recommend. Any of these paths for you, however, I can give witness that starting new paths can be a world of fun if you don’t assume tthat  doing so will be hard, because some people were born to do such thing

So there you have it.  These are my  assumptions for right now.   I assume tomorrow I will  record a podcast about. This and  have fun putting it out there.  

Now I expect and assume. You might. Take a look at your assumptions and expectations so we can all learn from you on the  path we might call peace and joy.