I often send myself an email when I want to remember something. When I open my email in the morning I'm usually surprised to see an email from myself so I actually open it (chemo brain - you know that meme where you can't find your phone yet you're talking on it? That's me).
As I sit here thinking about a comment someone made, I realize I need to read my email again. I'm thinking about this particular comment because I read it negatively and I want to correct the person. But what if they didn't mean it negatively?
It's hard because I really want to correct the person! Maybe they'd use a different word if they understood. Or would they?
I can't be the only one who needs this reminder. But I definitely need it so maybe you do also.
What if we assumed everyone else around us had good intentions. What if we went about our days with that assumption? Our days will be better if we assume good intentions! (Who cares what "they" say about what it means to ass-u-me?)
For the comment that I read negatively, I'm just going to assume the person used a word that doesn't fit my understanding of the situation but had good intentions.
