-Brent Smith
Think about promises you have made. Think about what they have meant to you as well as what they have meant to those you made the promises to. Also, think about the times you have made promises to yourself. Have you kept those promises? When we speak to others we sometimes forget that they may hold on to our words more than we know. Eventually, as time goes on, empty promises begin to weaken the strength and validity of our words. Once our words have no meaning, eventually the image of our character weakens as well. No one likes to be around those who's words mean nothing... Those who are "all talk" no action.
Let's take it a step further now. What about the promises we make to ourselves? When we think about all the promises we make to ourselves about what we are going to do, then look back and see what we actually did to keep those promises, we sometimes find that we fell through on a lot of our own promises. Maybe it was that weight you wanted to lose, maybe it's that promotion you wanted. The promises we make can be dated back to the time when we were only toddlers. We all had dreams, we all told the adults what we were going to do when we grew up. Even as we get older and more goal oriented we tell ourselves and tell others our "plans". Did we take action on those plans or did we just want to create an image for those around us?
Warriors were known for their codes of honor, known for their word. Let's started strengthening our words and giving them not only meaning to those around us. But more importantly, more meaning to ourselves.
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