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In the Book, the 4 agreements by don Miguel Ruiz, the 3rd agreements Focuses on not making assumptions. We make assumptions about everything, why people do what they do, why people say what they say and even how other people feel. But what gives us the right to think that we know everything? There’s an old saying that goes when you assume you make an “ass out of you and me” and I didn’t really understand that saying as a child. It was never explained to me that immune means to explain without proof. I thought people said that because of the way you spell assume. Assuming can cause so many unnecessary issues. 

But assuming isn’t always a negative thing. We assume for protection. For example, if you know that most mushrooms you know about that are poisonous have black gills, if you come across a mushroom you're unsure of but you see that it has black gills, its safe to assume its poisonous. Or if you are driving and notice the car in front of you is swerving, is safe to assume they are under the influence or sleepy based on your past experience, you can use the knowledge to avoid being near them.  

Assuming for protection is smart but assuming for control, to fill in the blanks in your story, or to place blame is harmful, can ruin relations, and is the cause of so much suffering.