Promise and self-respect

When was the last time you fulfilled your promise to yourself? Yesterday? A month ago? Some years back?

We all have our own dreams and goals to achieve. If something is important to us, we would promise ourselves that we would get it. How many of our promises actually materialised in the end? For those unfulfilled promises, do we regret it? If we regret deeply for not fulfilling that promise, it actually means a lot to us.

More often than not, we let distractions, other commitments and a lack of self-discipline prevent us from fulfilling what we promised to ourselves. As time passes by, what we promised to ourselves may seem distant and loses its significance. Some people change their priorities according to their current situation. Some stubbornly refuse to go back on their promise to themselves and pursue whatever it takes to fulfill their promise to themselves.

There must be a good reason why we chose to make that promise to ourselves then. If we choose to break that promise, we are not paying enough respect to ourselves when we allow compromises to be done. So, have some dignity. Unless that promise is found to be detrimental, stick to that promise and honour it.