Do you keep promises?
How are you at fulfilling promises? Either they’re promises to yourself or promises to people you love.
Back when I was still working at the UST Library during my student days in university, I met this guy who told me casually with a smile on his face, “promises are not made to be broken”. Every time I am about to promise myself of this and that and assure my friends of something that I have to do, I remember those lines. I am more familiar with the lines, “promises are made to be broken”.
New year’s resolutions are quite similar. They are promises to yourself that you wish to fulfill but sometimes forget in the process. They are words that played in your head for so long but you can’t keep. I’ve said before that I am not good at new year’s resolutions. I don’t make a list of them. It would be nice though if at the end of the year you have fulfilled some promises to yourself. It would be lovely to look back, think of the struggles you have made and tasting the bliss of triumph in your soul. It would be beautiful when they make you smile and make you inspired to go on with life the way it should.
I saved these lines which I find so uplifting and try to post it every year when New Year comes. A good reminder on what life is all about.
HAPPY AND BLESSED 2019 everyone!
I try not to make promises I can’t keep. And I never make any resolutions at new year, as breaking them later feels like failure. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I agree Pete. do they still make those new year resolutions now?
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They do here, Arlene. 🙂
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Your good wishes reciprocated, Arlene
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Thanks!
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I love that piece at the end. I intend to try to get closer to God and further from politics in the coming year.
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that comes from a gifted motivational writer. I love his articles. Getting closer to God is always our goal I think. Doing good things to other is doing them for Him. Thanks Elizabeth.
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That’s lovely, Arlene. 🙂 I don’t make resolutions anymore, at least not in the typical fashion (such as lose weight, exercise more, etc.). Instead, I practice making intentions of how I wish to feel (lighter, stronger, etc.). Laughter usually shows up in that wish, along with with love.
Happy New Year!
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Taking care of our health, minding the body. That’s one thing that we really should prioritize. Health is wealth, so they say.
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