Post by melenda on Apr 6, 2004 11:10:50 GMT -5
Have you ever considered that we might actually be damaging our own relationship with ourselves when we choose not to honor our own commitments to ourselves?
If you kept making a promise to somebody else and then you didn't fulfill that promise, that person would start to think "You're a liar and a failure." Well, you do that same thing to yourself over and over again when you tell yourself you're going to do something and you don't.
Your conscious self comes up with justifications as to why you didn't start eating a certain way or why you didn't go to the gym or why you didn't do this or that, but your unconscious self processes negative feelings and soon you feel unworthy of any result you may see.
Lying to ourselves could also potentially impact our relationships with family and friends. Perhaps when they see you making choices not in keeping with your commitment, those around you might unconsciously determine that you can't be trusted to keep promises to others either.
Don't set yourself up for failure. Honoring your commitment to yourself is a grand gesture of loving yourself. It also sends positive messages to friends and family, making them feel more secure in the fact that you honor your commitments, even if they're only to yourself.
If you kept making a promise to somebody else and then you didn't fulfill that promise, that person would start to think "You're a liar and a failure." Well, you do that same thing to yourself over and over again when you tell yourself you're going to do something and you don't.
Your conscious self comes up with justifications as to why you didn't start eating a certain way or why you didn't go to the gym or why you didn't do this or that, but your unconscious self processes negative feelings and soon you feel unworthy of any result you may see.
Lying to ourselves could also potentially impact our relationships with family and friends. Perhaps when they see you making choices not in keeping with your commitment, those around you might unconsciously determine that you can't be trusted to keep promises to others either.
Don't set yourself up for failure. Honoring your commitment to yourself is a grand gesture of loving yourself. It also sends positive messages to friends and family, making them feel more secure in the fact that you honor your commitments, even if they're only to yourself.