Giving Your Word
02/01/10 08:59 AM
Be True to your Word
An important component of self-growth is taking on the responsibility to keep your word. When you make a promise to someone, or to yourself, fulfilling that promise is an honorable action and shows you can be trusted. What happens when we give our word and don't keep it? Other than the other person's disappointment in us, I think most of us have had the sensation that accompanies this...the feeling of sadness, or failure, or a sense of depleted self-worth. Next time you take the step to change your life in some way, whether for weight loss or improved mental health, or even building a better relationship with your partner, recognize that this is a commitment - a promise - you're making. Honor yourself by keeping it, and you'll see that those negative feelings do not appear.
Giving your word and keeping it is the basis of all relationships. It is the foundation for trust between two people. Relationships of all kinds -- business partnerships, friendships and marriage -- are based on the fact that we gave our word to behave in a certain fashion.
Giving our word has a deeper and more significant effect on us than we might imagine.
Giving our word is the basis of our creativity, and our personal integrity. It is at the core of our ability to expand our horizons, to create better lives, and to give others a sense of safety in our relationships with them.
Are you having trouble honoring the commitments you make to yourself? Let's change how you're thinking about your word and find a happier 'you'.
An important component of self-growth is taking on the responsibility to keep your word. When you make a promise to someone, or to yourself, fulfilling that promise is an honorable action and shows you can be trusted. What happens when we give our word and don't keep it? Other than the other person's disappointment in us, I think most of us have had the sensation that accompanies this...the feeling of sadness, or failure, or a sense of depleted self-worth. Next time you take the step to change your life in some way, whether for weight loss or improved mental health, or even building a better relationship with your partner, recognize that this is a commitment - a promise - you're making. Honor yourself by keeping it, and you'll see that those negative feelings do not appear.
Giving your word and keeping it is the basis of all relationships. It is the foundation for trust between two people. Relationships of all kinds -- business partnerships, friendships and marriage -- are based on the fact that we gave our word to behave in a certain fashion.
Giving our word has a deeper and more significant effect on us than we might imagine.
Giving our word is the basis of our creativity, and our personal integrity. It is at the core of our ability to expand our horizons, to create better lives, and to give others a sense of safety in our relationships with them.
Are you having trouble honoring the commitments you make to yourself? Let's change how you're thinking about your word and find a happier 'you'.
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