Assuming

I can see how my mind falls into autopilot so often. It is almost like it does not want to be here right now. Even right now while I am writing this chapter, my mind wants to think about other things. I am beginning to understand that my mind only wants to save me from what is going to happen in the future based on what has happened to me in the past. It is almost like my judgmental mind works faster than my objective mind.
I don't know why my mind assumes so much and why it categorizes everything as though I think I know it all. It reminds me of an incident that happened to me a while ago.
It was a warm summer afternoon about 2:30. I was in my office all by myself, working on my computer. My office at that time was downstairs across from the entrance to the studio. There used to be a half wall between my office and the entrance.
I remember sitting in my office this particular afternoon. The entrance door opened and I saw a woman entering the studio. I noticed the woman held the door for a second and shut it close. I assumed that she had a child with her since I could not see the other side of the half wall.
The woman started walking towards my office and yes, I was right, there was a small child following her.
I watched the woman and her child walking towards me and that was when I noticed the child was kind of strange. He bumped into the glass cabinet by the door and kept hitting the walls. "Oh, no!" I said to myself.
During the time the mother and the child got from the door to my office, I had the whole thing figured out. I knew the kid was a little brat and the mom wanted me to do miracles with him. I could picture the little wild child in the class causing problems and interrupting the class.
When they walked in the office, I was ready to wrap this one up really quick. The mom said hello politely and asked me if we teach children. I answered "Yes, of course we do. Is this your little son?" I asked while I reached over to give a high five to the little child. The mom cut me off quickly and said in a quiet voice: "Michael is blind and we were just wondering if there is any chance of him being able to take karate lessons."
I felt like I wanted to just shrink down and disappear. I felt so ashamed of myself for having all those negative thoughts about that little boy.

Remember this:

" When you ASS-U-ME something, you are making an ASS of U and ME!"

"Cherish your yesterday; dream your tomorrow; but live your today."