Promises, Promises...

How hard is it to live up to our promise?

Sheesh, that's a tough question, man!

And yet, how hard?

You want an honest answer? A seriously honest one?

Yes.

Well, it's a colossal task for some, and yet, it's as easy as snapping your fingers to others.

And what about those who can't snap their fingers?

Um, well...

I'm waiting.
It's easy, just plain easy, mate.

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Fact: The difficulty of keeping a promise varies from person to person.

Well, OK...I guess I can live with that. But what bugs me more is that there are people that make up lame excuses in their effort to cover their, um, behind after being caught with their pants down for not fulfilling their promises.

Well, not with their pants down literally.

But still, isn't it annoying that at times we just find it hard to keep certain promises? Yes, we as in everyone in this rotating, spiralling planet Earth. Everyone's failed to deliver upon their promise before.

Everyone. I'm not proud of it, but i've done it.

The difference is that some do more, what should I say, frequently and in a greater scale than others. Well, mostly this applies to politicians or leaders of nations. Why am I not surprised?

It's really funny of human beings that they tend to be forgetful at times. Yup, forgetful is just the word to describe us. *sigh*

Question: So what can we do to avoid promising upon promising and failing upon upon to keep our promises? The solution?
Easy! Don't promise at all! As if that's gonna solve our problems.


Nope, we cannot NOT promise. You know why?

That's because promises bring forth hope. Promises bring forth faith to the people. Promises give people the strength to believe in you. Promises can do a lot of things, if used appropriately.

Therefore, we should harness the power of promises and use it to wisely, and not like a drunken who rattles on through the night about giving charity and yet, forgets about all of it in the morning.

Question: How do we fully utilise the power of promises?
Easy peasy.

1. We take a deep, deep and thorough look into ourselves.
2. We identify our strengths and weaknesses.
3. We identify our abilities and ask ourselves: "Can I really do this?"
4. If the answer is "Yes", we proceed. If it's "No", then we think of something else that's within our abilities and we are perfectly able to fulfil.
5. Now, only then, we make a promise.
6. And we deliver!

Now that is how we fully harness the wondrous power of promises. Doesn't it look promising already?
Think about it.