[Courses] [Spineful Living, lesson 7: Assumptions Make....]

[amandaangell at spin.net.au]

On Monday 28 May 2007 5:32 am, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Spineful Living, lesson 7: Assumptions Make....

> - When I fly an American flag, that means I am a rightwingnut patriot of
> the icky kind

> So this week's assignment is what assumptions do you encounter, and what do
> you do about them? Is it worth correcting people when they assume wrong
> things about you, or is it akin to teaching pigs to sing? Does it benefit
> you it ways other than you're not kicking yourself later for not
> responding?

I am more than willing to admit that I have done just the opposite of the 
assumptions that everyone else has wrote about here so far. Instead of people 
making assumptions about me, I've made some big assumptions about them - 
based on, sometimes, flimsy evidence/hearsay, and others, a lifetime of being 
told bull-sh** from various sources.

I don't think getting p*ssed-off at anothers assumptions is going to help them 
find out the truth about a situation. People learn the truth from experience, 
and mistakes are the best teachers. Of course, if a person isn't willing to 
open their eyes, that's a different matter. :)

All I wanted to say was, take it a little easy on the poor fools who, like me, 
are still making mistakes, and still learning every day.