The Fourth Agreement

The Fourth, and final, agreement of which Don Miguel Ruiz speaks of is "Always do your best." This agreement allows the other three to become deeply ingrained habits.

In everything that you do always do your best, no more, no less. In this way there are no regrets. Your best may not always be the same from day to day. When you are fully energized or less stressed your best may be better than other days. However, doing your best allows you to free yourself of guilt and live a truly happy life.

This agreement can be taken just one step further. Remember that if you are doing your best, so is everyone else. Therefore, we need not make assumptions about why someone else did something that may have hurt us. We don't need to take these things personally. Just remember that we are all doing our best.

In summary, the Four Agreements are:

1) Be impeccable with your word
2) Don't take things personally
3) Don't make assumptions
4) Always do your best

Try to keep the Four Agreements with yourself for today. You might just notice that everyone around you seems a little sweeter.