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This post is a The Four Agreements summary. Specifically, it is a summary of Chapter 7: The New Dream.
The Four Agreementswas written by Don Miguel Ruiz. This chapter summary has been created using Sam Fury’s personal notes with the help of AI.
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What if everything you believe about your life could change in an instant?
What if you realized that the world you’re living in, your struggles, your joy, your limits, is a creation of your own perception?
Because it is!
Every day, you’re creating your own version of reality.
The thoughts you believe. The fears you carry. The meaning you assign to what happens around you…
All of it shapes the life you experience.
Once you understand that, everything shifts.
You stop seeing life as something happening to you. You start seeing it as something you can change.
Imagine living without the fear of being judged.
Without the pressure to justify who you are.
Without needing anyone’s approval.
You say what you mean. You ask for what you need. You stop apologizing for your truth. And you start building a life that feels like yours. Not one you inherited, not one built from other people’s expectations.
That’s the beginning of real freedom.
There’s only one energy powerful enough to carry you into a state of lasting peace.
Love.
Love changes how you see yourself, how you treat others, and how you experience life. When love becomes your default setting, bliss becomes your natural state.
It’s not a fantasy. It’s a choice. Others have done it. Not because they’re special, but because they decided to dream a different dream.
Suffering doesn’t come from your circumstances. It comes from your choice to suffer.
The same situation that breaks one person can strengthen another. The difference is perception.
Happiness works the same way. You’re not happy because everything’s perfect. You’re happy because you choose to be, regardless of what’s happening.
Maybe we can’t escape the fact that we’re human. But we do get to choose how we live that reality.
We can suffer through it.
Or we can enjoy it.
That’s the hidden choice shaping every moment of your life.
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