ASSUMING MAKES AN *SS…(REVISED)

“Before you ‘assume’, try this crazy method called asking.”
-Unknown

The year is 2000. I’m in high school. The bell has rung and I’m about to go from choir class to Spanish class. Spanish class has two textbooks which my teacher, Mr. Brown, uses interchangeably.

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THE MIDDLE GROUND

“Life is never white and black and all or nothing; it is full of greys and the rainbows and all the other in-betweens.”
-McKel (Hill) Kooienga

As I type this, it’s been a few
hours since President Joe Biden was officially sworn in.

At the stage our country (and quite frankly, the world as well) is in, there have been polarizing views everywhere. It seems as if everyone has lost the ability to envision a middle ground.

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ASSUMPTIONS

We are going to use the Daily Wisdom Word, “assumptions” today to analyze.  My first thought about assumptions is they are dangerous.  Assumptions lead to conclusions.  For example, it is easy to make assumptions about others.  I have falsely “assumed” many things that were not accurate about another person myself.  In fact, assumptions lead us … Read more