A lovely compliment paid to me this week:

"You're happy with your life. You're a joy to be around."

*preen*

I think sometimes it's easy - in the rush of getting to work and going through daily routines - that Life is always getting better, and when that's true, people around you can see it.

Yay!

Guest blogger: Therese J. Borchard

Beyond Blue: A spiritual journey into mental health

Therapy Thursday: Quit the Acrobatics

Acrobatics?

Yeah.

Like leaping to judgments, and jumping to conclusions. These things happen in the air, and the goal is to stay on the ground … where you have evidence for opinions and facts supporting judgments. Because without the evidence and the facts, you’re dealing with assumptions, and we all know that assumptions are the termites of relationships.

They eat away at the connective tissue between two people.

“Don’t make assumptions” is the third agreement of don Miguel Ruiz’s classic book, “The Four Agreements. He writes: “All the sadness and drama you have lived in your life was rooted in making assumptions and taking things personally.”

If you want more sadness and drama in your life, continue to leap and jump. Hell, try a back flip. If not, try your best to stay grounded.