1. Assume that you are loved.
2. Assume that those who love you find some kind of value in you and the things you do.
3. Assume, however, that you don’t need to be valuable in order to be worthy of love.
4. Assume that there is no one out there keeping a tally of all of your failings, ready to throw it in your face when you’re either feeling too good or too awful about yourself.
5. Assume that if anyone actually is keeping a tally of all your failings, that act says more about them than it does about you.
6. Assume that you can’t make all of the people happy all of the time; maybe not even some of the people some of the time.
7. Assume that you will, over the course of your life, sometimes anger or disappoint the people you love.
8. Assume that when this happens, it isn’t the end of the world, even if that’s what it feels like.
9. Assume that there is never an end to learning, or growing, or discovering.
10. Assume that you will always find a way out, even when all the doors slam shut and everything feels impossible.
11. Assume that sometimes earnestness and optimism can trump irony and cynicism.
12. Assume that it’s possible to recapture the way you felt when you were young, how the perfect clockwork mechanism of the universe used to leave you breathless and giddy with wonder.
13. Assume that there will always be more stories to tell, or at the very least new ways of reinterpreting old fables.
14. Assume that nothing is permanent, that someday even the sun will disappear; remember that everything we see and touch and taste is made of stars that grew and pulsed and died long before this planet ever existed.
15. Assume that you are under some kind of obligation to make the world a better place.
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I’ve been trying to work on some of my negative assumptions. If you believe in yourself and what you’re capable of you really can achieve a lot.
Yeah, I wrote this to counter the many, many negative assumptions that I make about myself. I’m kind of amazed & touched by how many people seem to see themselves in this list, too.
Assume that this is on my refrigerator for constant reminders. Thank you for writing this.
Thank you! I need to print it out and put it on my fridge too, hah!
Beautiful. Thank you for inspiring me today. ❤
Thank you so much!
Made me feel lighter.. thanks!
Aww thank you! ❤
Loved it! I struggle with 6,7&8 the most. Nice to see you put things in a direct straight-forward way :). 14 is my favorite!!
I also struggle with 6, 7 & 8 the most! Funny that, eh?
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Very moving assumptions, I love the No. 12 😀
Thank you! I really hope 12 is something that I’m able to accomplish 🙂
Great insight. Think that the post tells us we are not perfect, but that’s ok!!!
Thank you! Exactly! 😀
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The lyrical quality of number 12 is in perfect contrast to the uncomfortable truth of number 7. A full and inspired list. Beautiful.
Thank you so much! And yeah, 7 is a hard one, eh?
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These are wonderful, especially if you take a paper cutter to number 15. The world is already a better place just for my being in it and feeling joy.
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Thanks for sharing! I really like the optimism and realism on your list. I definitely struggle with some of these, but I know there’s always hope for the better. 4 and 5 are great too 🙂
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I live by all of these, especially #15.
Great post! We are the only ones who keep track of our failings aren’t we? Good reminders all.
I like #9. Assume that there is never an end to learning, or growing, or discovering. I truely believe this one and glad you do too. Was it hard to only print 15?
sir great thoughts but world not always works on assumptions…. reality is far bitter in taste. 🙂
This has been a great read, thank you.
I’m not certain of #3, that you don’t have to be valuable in order to be loved. I would think the value being placed on you is love, ergo you’re valuable by default. (Is this a trick assumption put in to make me put my thinking cap on? Because the cat’s laying on my cat so it could take awhile.) But I am certain of all the rest. Especially # 15.
15 is my favorite.
Agree – I felt this one balances the largely introspective focus of the other 14. 15 helps us look outward and asks how we can like a meaningful life in world. In a way it is the yang that balances the yin
Thank you for this. Assuming certain things did help me lighten up 🙂
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I love this! I can relate to this so much. I love the photo you inserted also 🙂
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Thank you for the reminder. It is wonderful to remember.
Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing these assumptions.
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We should all make such assumptions!!
Love this list! Congrats on being FP! 🙂
Great Post! I must admit, number one made me a feel a bit…erm… pukey (it may have that effect on many non-Americans, I fear), but the rest was compelling. Glad to have kept on reading 😉
so good 🙂 thank you
wow, i love this wonderful assumptions, this is really a nice post to start a new day and week. 🙂
Lovely post
Awesome read thanks.
This is a really good post. Straight forward and bang on!
Here’s another one for you: assume that your kindness is going to make someone’s day!
Cheers!
This is fantastic. Thank you very much. We need to make these assumptions more often!
Definitely struggle with 4 and 5. So eloquently put 🙂 wonderful post
Fabulous and uplifting list! Thank you for sharing this..I don’t know how to track this to my blog page or I’d do it lol! Still new here and loving it
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I live by assumption 9. Great information lovingly shared
This is exactly what I need today. Thank you.
I never assume anything. . .
This was a golden post! I really enjoyed it with my brandy. 🙂
Love this! And love the picture too!
I loved number 12… The wonder!
Beautiful…thank you!
Great list.