BELIEVE THE BEST OF EVERYONE YOU MEET

Assumptions destroy relationships. I know this because I have seen it happen several times.
You are working really hard in your company and bringing in a lot of money because you believe in doing your work as unto God and some of your colleagues assume you must be creaming the company through deals and then you hear the wicked whispers about you.
You are in a business relationship doing your best to be as transparent and honest as you can but the other party assumes you must be making a kill and decides to make sure you don’t make as much as they think you are making.
You are working late, doing your best to serve your organization and keep your family on the standard you desire and your spouse assumes you must be playing an 'away match' with someone else and then accuses you of infidelity.
There are countless examples but the end result remains the same – hurts, heartbreaks and broken relationships.
The worst result is the burden YOU end up carrying because of lack of trust. You read meanings into everything the other party says or does. You stress your spirit, soul and body and most times over what does not exist.
No relationship thrives without trust. Trust is the bedrock of true progress.
Why do you go into a relationship assuming that the worst would happen, assuming that the other party is a cheat?
STOP for a moment. Could it be that you are capable of cheating others that is why you think others are cheats? If you feel insulted by this, think about what your actions and words are doing to others.
Why don’t you free your mind and think the best of others? God does not sleep, he sees it all. Why don’t you let God be God and you be the human being he made you?
I recently had a business transaction where the contractor did not do what was agreed and when I complained, he began to threaten me and using sentences that included the phrase “…people like you”. I got the understanding that he had stereotyped me. I still don’t know what those people are like because I have spoken to several people including my lawyers and I did not in anyway want to cheat him.
Working or relating with people who stereotype you is a very difficult situation indeed. It’s like the saying “hang the dog and give it a bad name”. A man that has assumed that women are difficult clients will never listen to his female clients and will end up not getting their briefs right and then blaming them. It’s a tough call indeed, basing decisions on assumptions.
It is better to believe the best of everyone you meet and also be the best you can be in everything you get involved in and on this route, you will never fail to build great relationships.