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Don't be quick to assume.

First of all, I want to apologize that I haven't written in my blog for quite a while. This past month has been incredible and busy. There has been a lot of events that has happened in the family. But, I have been thinking about assumptions and judgments lately. We make quick decisions, if you want to read a good book about how we make quick decisions, read Blink. It is really interesting. We put people into "categories" based on their actions and appearance in a few seconds. We judge things based on our limited information. For example, if you meet someone new, you will place them in a certain group. Organizing that way in the brain is easier for you because the brain receives numerous stimulus in one second. If we analyzed every stimulus in depth, we would be in brain overload. So, we assume things and judge based on limited information. Knowing that is how the brain works, it explains how we can be so judgmental sometimes. What if we tried really hard to not make q