Assuming good intent is a powerful strategy because it prevents you from thinking negative, poisonous thoughts that only serve to hurt your own mental and physical well-being.

“you're the one that just thought the poison so you're the one that's gonna feel it and now this person's ahead of you in line and maybe they have an emergency maybe they're panic-stricken about driving maybe they're late for their very first day at work and they've been warned that this is something”