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Making Assumptions

08 Friday Jan 2016

Posted by A Journey With You in hope, mental illness, schizophrenia, Uncategorized

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assumptions, essay, fear, free, inspiration, mental health, mental illness, mentally ill, schizophrenia], silence, stereotypes, writer, writing

Earlier in the week, my husband went to a car show. I was sick and couldn’t attend, so he had an extra ticket. He approached people waiting in a line to buy their tickets and asked if they wanted the extra ticket. Several people were rather rude and said, “No. I don’t want that.” Finally, one man said, “I’ll take that!”

The man who watched, listened, and understood what my husband was asking was the one who gladly accepted the ticket. All the other people assumed that my husband was trying to sell them something or give them something they didn’t want (they wanted tickets, or they wouldn’t have been in line).

All of us make assumptions, and all of us assume inaccurate things about people, places, and situations. One of the things that kept me silent about my diagnosis for such a long time is my fear of assumptions.

I made assumptions about people. I assumed that they would think that someone with schizophrenia would be incapable of being rational, making sound decisions, or functioning in everyday life.

It was an assumption about assumptions.

As is the case with so many assumptions, I was wrong. I am happy that I was wrong. Some people are curious about what it is like to live with schizophrenia, but no one has treated me any differently than they did before they knew I had a mental illness.

I need to learn that making assumptions can cause me to miss out on something good.

I need to learn to assume less and trust more. I need to open my eyes, and ears and see and hear what is going on before I make up my mind that I don’t want something – someone could be giving away something for free that it would normally cost me money to buy.

I’m going to try not to assume. I don’t want to miss that free ticket. Do you?

Christmas Gifts From Me To You

12 Saturday Dec 2015

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blog planner, books, Christmas, classes, coloring books, devotionals, e-books, free, freebies, gifts, holiday, kindle, magazines, newsletters, poems, presents, santa, writers, writing, zen

Buying Christmas gifts makes me feel good. I would be happy if I could afford to buy all of you a gift this year. I would even be happy if I had all of your addresses and could send you all a card. I can’t do either of these things, but I put together this list of freebies for you, and I am hoping you will download, or sign up to receive at least one of them. If you do receive one of them, please put it under the tree with a tag on it that says, Merry Christmas, from Rebecca!

  1. Free Blog Planner http://avirtuouswoman.org/free-blog-planner/
  2. Free Blog Planner http://eliteblogacademy.com/free-blog-planner/
  3. Free Blogging Printables http://cortinsession.com/free-blogging-printables-2015-blog-planner/
  4. Free Adult Coloring Pages http://www.easypeasyandfun.com/free-coloring-pages-for-adults/
  5. Free Zen and Anti-Stress Coloring Pages http://www.coloring-pages-adults.com/coloring-zen/
  6. Free Kindle Books on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/b?node=2245146011
  7. Free Magazines http://freebies.about.com/od/booksmagazines/fl/free-magazines.htm
  8. Free Online Classes http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
  9. Free Writing Courses http://study.com/articles/10_Universities_Offering_Free_Writing_Courses_Online.html
  10. Free Newsletters (Best of) http://greatist.com/discover/subscribe-to-these-newsletters
  11. Daily Devotionals (Best of) https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/
  12. Daily Motivational Quotes http://www.daily-motivational-quote.com/
  13. A little Bit of This and A little Bit of That (You can sign up for the free products and donate them to a homeless shelter if you can’t use them.) http://www.totallyfreestuff.com/
  14. Poem-A-Day https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem-day
  15. Free e-books http://www.bookrix.com/books.html

 

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