Just because it is not a perfect experience doesn’t mean it’s a bad experience. Just because people do not completely agree with you doesn’t mean they hate you. Most situation are not all one way in a particular dimension or all the opposite way. A great portion of life is lived in the middle ground. Certainly extremes do exist. Yet it is likely at most times that what you are experiencing is not one of them. When you make a couple of serious mistakes, it can feel like you are unable to do anything right. But that’s not even remotely true because the vast majority of your actions are successful at creating the results you intend. In the same way, if you chalk up a few major wins, that can make you feel infallible. Yet when you give into that feeling, and assume you cannot lose, you are setting yourself up for reckless, overconfidence and disappointing results. Instead, make the assumption that whatever you are experiencing falls somewhere in the middle, and that you can move in a positive direction from wherever you are. See the problems for what they are, find the good that is certainly there, and navigate your way forward, no matter what. Instead of putting your energy into making assumptions, put that energy into being fully aware. Pull away the mask of your assumptions, and then there is much you will certainly be able to see. Rather than assuming what you will find around the next bend, make the journey and experience what is really there. Instead of assuming how someone will be, make the effort to truly get to know that person.