Promises
We all make promises. With maturity and wisdom comes an awareness of our capacity to fulfill the promises made.
To maintain our integrity we learn to not make promises that we cannot keep…to ourselves or to others. And, if finding ourselves in the embarrassing and awkward position of being unable to keep a promise, acknowledge it, confess to the shortcoming, for whatever reason.
This powerful quote from Carl Jung is good food for thought about giving and receiving promises.
“The man who promises everything is sure to fulfill nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.”
Blessings!
