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MIKEF


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2nd agreement"Personal importance or taking things personally is maximum expression of selfishness making the assumption everything is about "me"Nothing other people do is because of you,all people live in their own world,their own mind different from the one you live in.Taking things personally makes you easy prey for others to send you emotional poison.Immmunity to emotional poison is the gift of this agreement.When you take things personally,you feel offended and your reaction is to defend your beliefs and create conflicts.You have this need to be right(man there I am)Don't take anything personally because it sets you up to suffer for nothing.EVEN IN YOUR OWN MIND ITS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE!When people lie to you .you will notice you also lie to yourself.People lie because they are afraid you will discover they are not perfect.You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not believe what someone says to you.If someone is not treating you with love and respect,it is a gift if they walk away from you.If they dont,surely you will suffer many years with that person.Walking away may hurt for awhile,but your heart will heal.Then you can choose what you really want.You are never responsible for actions of others ,only for you.You can learn to openly say"I love you without fear of being rejected.You can choose to follow your heart and live with inner peace and happiness!    This is just some excerpts from 2nd agrrement.There are 4 1).Be impeccable with your word  3)Dont make assumptions 4)Always do your best.! Food for thought and spiritual tool  for  todays adventure, ", go with God my friends.....

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about 2 years ago, my wife and I came accross this brilliant thesis.
We decided to incorporate the principles into our relationship.
It has worked wonders. Truly.
We still occasionally remind each other of the 4 agreements, but as with most things it has faded from our conversation.
Thanks a million for reminding me.


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Yeah Don! your right ,we can read it but its like our program,got to "work it"Im the worst  with this need to be right thing and taking things personally.Used to think I had thick skin but  maybe not so.....smile

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