Ideas
everyone makes a few promises to themselves. Start jogging, eat less, draw/read more, come to work early, study harder, learn something new, go to mass on Sunday, call friends you've lost touch with, spend time with mom and dad. All these and more are what we tell ourselves to do. Most don't even survive the first week.
But that is fine. As long as we are content with how we live our lives, these resolutions are merely collateral damage, things in the sidelines that we deem not as important as our current preoccupation - at least that's what we tell ourselves.
I myself have tried to make certain promises that would ideally benefit me in the long run - a better way of life. And like a number of people out there, i just fall short of actually doing it. Another failure, another aspect of my life to hide away from public eyes.
However, the true value of promises isn't so much the accomplishment of the goal you set, its the fortitude in which you hold on, the value you inscribe on your word. Promises are a test of character, pushing ones mental limits until they break or ethics, morals, or values come to challenge your decision. Its about taking a swing at the ball as many times as you possibly can.
I'm not saying promises are meant to be broken, or that it has no chance of actually being honored. I just think that the goal isn't the point of promises, its merely the consequence.
So i play mine safe, i have refrained from making promises - with the multitude of variables that i can encounter that would stand in the way of fulfilling that vow, I would rather not embarrass myself.
Instead, I create ideas. Ideas that are good and beneficial to me, ideas I can aspire to achieve, to try and turn those ideas to Ideals.
Ideas imply consciousness, a logical process in which our mind shapes thought and our actions warp reality to conform to it. Promises, despite a rational basis, is still within the realm of emotion, and above all else in humanity's spectrum of life, emotions are the easiest to influence.
It might be viewed as cowardice, but to me this keeps the value people put into promises intact. There is a certain reverence we ascribe to the word, one that is sometimes stronger than steel. Sticking to ideas preserves that.
I have a number of ideas in my head right now - write more, start laying out pages, lessen sugars, start the script, finish the 6 other scripts, re-connect with old friends, make new ones, give thanks, plan for the future, take a walk, go on a trip, make money, and stop being afraid of failure.
I have to admit though, one of the best ideas ever created is something a brand of sports wear has been preaching for years. My brain got the ball rolling, its up to me to not mess it up.
Here goes nothing...
But that is fine. As long as we are content with how we live our lives, these resolutions are merely collateral damage, things in the sidelines that we deem not as important as our current preoccupation - at least that's what we tell ourselves.
I myself have tried to make certain promises that would ideally benefit me in the long run - a better way of life. And like a number of people out there, i just fall short of actually doing it. Another failure, another aspect of my life to hide away from public eyes.
However, the true value of promises isn't so much the accomplishment of the goal you set, its the fortitude in which you hold on, the value you inscribe on your word. Promises are a test of character, pushing ones mental limits until they break or ethics, morals, or values come to challenge your decision. Its about taking a swing at the ball as many times as you possibly can.
I'm not saying promises are meant to be broken, or that it has no chance of actually being honored. I just think that the goal isn't the point of promises, its merely the consequence.
So i play mine safe, i have refrained from making promises - with the multitude of variables that i can encounter that would stand in the way of fulfilling that vow, I would rather not embarrass myself.
Instead, I create ideas. Ideas that are good and beneficial to me, ideas I can aspire to achieve, to try and turn those ideas to Ideals.
Ideas imply consciousness, a logical process in which our mind shapes thought and our actions warp reality to conform to it. Promises, despite a rational basis, is still within the realm of emotion, and above all else in humanity's spectrum of life, emotions are the easiest to influence.
It might be viewed as cowardice, but to me this keeps the value people put into promises intact. There is a certain reverence we ascribe to the word, one that is sometimes stronger than steel. Sticking to ideas preserves that.
I have a number of ideas in my head right now - write more, start laying out pages, lessen sugars, start the script, finish the 6 other scripts, re-connect with old friends, make new ones, give thanks, plan for the future, take a walk, go on a trip, make money, and stop being afraid of failure.
I have to admit though, one of the best ideas ever created is something a brand of sports wear has been preaching for years. My brain got the ball rolling, its up to me to not mess it up.
Here goes nothing...