So awhile back a close friend told me I should read a book called The Four Agreements. The specific reason the book was suggested slips my mind, but I took his suggestion and picked up the book. WOW...WOW...WOW is all I can say!

I read the book in 2 days and still read it again and again periodically. Besides being thoughtful and insightful, it offered to me a new way of seeing and relating to the world around me. Combined with what I had already learned from living my life and reading other books (Conversations With God and The Little Prince) it helped to free my mind and really start enjoying life and being the kind of man/artist that I knew inside I could be. Here are the agreements:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

Think about these agreements for a minute. If your interested enough I suggest reading the The Four Agreements ASAP and hit me back with your thoughts.