By Don Miguel Ruiz
Excerpts
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.
"Your word is the power that you have to create"
"You go against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for anything"
"When you are impeccable, you take responsibility for your actions, but you do not judge or blame yourself."
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.
"Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me."
"Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves"
"You can choose to follow your heart always"
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.
"The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are the truth"
"We only see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear"
"We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do"
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.
"Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward."
"If we like what we do, if we always do our best, then we are really enjoying life. We are having fun, we don't get bore, and we don't have frustrations."
"When you do your best you learn to accept yourself"
