Assume the Best

This is the concept that I came up with after a blog post and conversation here from May 2007. How about being uber cool and consider operating through this idea while reading and/or commenting here…and while living life.

Ever heard that saying, “You know what happens when you assume, don’t you? You make an ASS out of U and ME.” That saying implies that one shouldn’t go about making assumptions. Well, I came to a realization that everyone already operates under a current set of assumptions, as well as creating new assumptions all the time.

This is especially true in the world of blogs.

Do to the fact that 90% of communication is non-verbal, you only get to experience 10% of communication here, in print. You cannot discern my motive, tone, attitude, or body language as I sit and type any given post. Since the nature of most of my posts are of touchy and sometimes controversial topics, this can lead to horrid misunderstandings. (UPDATE: I don’t do too many of those posts anymore, but one may pop up every now and then.)

So here’s the point:

Whatever you read here, try to assume that it was written with the best and most LOVING inention. Then, if you would like to make sure that such an assumption is correct, feel free to leave a comment, IM/GoogleChat, or email me to clarify.

I agree to do the same.

Why will we hopefully choose to live in a such a way? Because I feel that it is MUCH easier to work from this perspective than to assume that a given post or comment was written with malcontent and then having to engage in the process of convincing one another that it was no, as a result.

What do you think of this idea?