Still learning after all these years...

JC recommended another book for me to read. He'd been telling me for weeks now that thinking positive, being honest, changing your way of thinking about things are some of the things that has helped him live a more productive, more meaningful life. The book he has recommended is called The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. The book is only about 150 pages in length, but contains a lot of useful and enlightening information and advice.

The Four Agreements are:

Be impeccable with your word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using words to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love

Don't take anything personally: Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Don't make assumptions: Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Always do your best: Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstances, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.

Of course, these are discussed in depth in the book, but these are the baisc tenets.

I have to get back to reading this.

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