If someone consistently fails to keep their word or do what they say they will, we would eventually view them as unreliable and untrustworthy. We would likely distance ourselves and lower our expectations of their reliability.
Now, imagine the impact when we make promises to ourselves but fail to follow through and keep our word. The effect is just as negative, if not worse.
With others, we consciously feel a certain way about those who don’t keep their word. However, when we consistently fail to keep our word with ourselves, the effects may be subconscious, yet they can still affect our confidence and self-esteem.
If we’re unhappy or things aren’t going as we want them to, it’s worth checking whether we’ve been keeping our word with ourselves.
So, it’s important to keep our word in general, but even more so with ourselves. We need to do what we promised ourselves we would do.
After all, how can someone else rely on us if we can’t even rely on ourselves? Just something to think about.
FLY, BLACK BOY 