Unspoken Assumptions are the Mother of Disappointment

Communicate well. The classic Chinese wisdom found in The Great Learning says to investigate all things. Apply "investigation of all things" to your communication of your assumption. Is there something more that could be, should be said, thought, or imagined? Is there more to your expectation than you have expressed?

"What would it be like if it were true?" Investigate what you would see, hear, feel and smell. Neighboring sounds; the feel of what day of the week it is; the taste of the coffee or tea; emotional feelings of joy, relief, pride, affection, gratitude, adoration. "Give it all the tones of reality." Be there and think from that place and time.


Hey, Southern California: How about imagining it raining/having rained?