Always do your best is the agreement that everybody can do. Your best is, in fact, the only thing you can do. And the best you can do doesn’t mean that sometimes you give 80 percent and other times you just give 20 percent.

One of the quotes I’ve seen floating around is expectations leads to disappointment and making assumptions can lead to similar feelings. When we fill in the blanks, we sometimes fill them in with cement, which creates the barriers we are trying so hard to avoid.

“Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.”

“Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.”