I tried to make this a little larger but it just came out blurry. Here's a transcript of what it says:
THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
2. 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.
3. 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 just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. 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 circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Oh, if only we could all live this way--remember to talk this way...then our language would be a language of love and no one would hate...
ReplyDeleteThat is a world I want to live in one day!
With all of you...
Hi Matt,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting these excellent words to live by. I am most vulnerable to #2, but just seeing it in print reminded me to try harder not to be so affected by what other people say.
Thanks again.
Thanks for this Matty. I'm bad with #3, I always assume that people are going to leave me or betray me or hurt me. Granted a lot of that is because of my past, but it's unfair to the other person/people and it's unfair to myself because it means that I don't place my own value very high. I think that's the biggest truth with all four of these agreements. If you value yourself then you won't take everything personally, make assumptions, you'll always be impeccable with your word and you'll always do your best. When you value yourself and do those things then it helps you to value others, because you're taking the actions of your relationship/interaction with yourself and applying it to them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm rambling (blame the pain I'm in). Thank you for this. Have a great weekend!
I really like these advice. If only we could live by these words, life would be so much easier.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
*Hugs to you both*
Thanks for posting these. I am trying to do better especially with #4!
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Those are great, Matty. Thanks for posting it! *hugs* Now if all the world would only live that way, it would be a much better place.
ReplyDeleteYeah I need to work on the assumption bit...but I have social phobia, so assumptions are a part of that (but I'm working on it!).
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