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The Four Agreements; Post 3

Kristine Dewar, M.A., R.P., C.C.C.
Jan 23
1 min read

Moving right along in our series on "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz, today we explore the third agreement:

  • "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." - Don Miguel Ruiz

Making assumptions is something we all do. Sometimes it is because we are afraid to ask; others times it may be that we assume how someone is feeling by their non-verbal cues. In either case, if we catch ourselves guessing, we are best served to gather up our courage and ask what is going on. This can be done without judgement or the assumption that it must have to do with us (as the last agreement taught us.) We have all learned communication habits from our childhood homes and the people that raised and influenced us - sometimes those are great communication habits and sometimes, not so much. It is up to us as adults to learn the skills that are going to allow us to push past our communication comfort zone and move from the position of promoting open communication. It is here that we learn if we are reacting or responding, being in a reactive position or a pro-active one. As Ruiz mentioned, this can be a transformative process. To visit The Four Agreements website: https://www.thefouragreements.com/ Photo by Gary Butterfield on Unsplash

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Land Acknowledgement

The West Champlain Family Health Team acknowledges it is located upon the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin People and respects the traditional knowledge and healing developed over generations. We have the privilege and responsibility to serve First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of many backgrounds and from many treaty and non-treaty lands and territories, and to demonstrate respect for the contributions and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Iye West Champlain Family Health Team ogíkikenindánáwá taniziwadj ondaje Algonquin Anishinábe tanakíwin ega ka mígiwewadj iyo kichi Anishinábewakí ashidj odapítenindánáwá kikádjichigewin ashidj mino nódjimowin ka pamíkán pinawígo. Nínawind d’ayánánán shawenimigoziwin ashidj inenindágoziwin kidji wídókáwadag Anishinábeg, Abitawizíg ashidj Kíwedinóg máneg wendjibáwadj ashidj níbina nakondiwin ashidj ega akíng ashidj tanakíwinan ashidj kidji wábandayá apítenindagoziwin ondji ka mígiwewadj ashidj pimádjiwowinan ogo Anishinábeg Pemádizidjig.

 

The West Champlain Family Health Team is grateful to the Indigenous Health Circle (which works in collaboration with The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and the Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team) for sharing a meaningful land acknowledgement both in English and Omámíwininímowin (the Algonquin Anishinábe language), which is the basis of our own.

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