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Last December 12 at 11:02 pm I made an agreement with myself that I will write everyday for 365 days. I told myself I will write insights on living, loving and learning DAILY. One day at a time, one story at a time, for 365 days.
I now realize, since it’s 12:43 midnight here already, on my 9th day, how hard it is to keep an "agreement". I promise myself I will do it and this time, I will make my life work, by keeping it.
Difficult, but I know, something good will come out of this, so I write. What will help I know is to manage my time properly and that will be my next goal.
Why do I need to keep this promise when I can always make an excuse? Because, I remember this from OCCI seminars;
Read on.
Your life works exactly to the degree that you keep your agreements. An agreement has integrity because you make it, and for no other reason.
The most profound agreements you make in life are those you make to yourself. The purpose of an agreement is to have life work, that is, to derive satisfaction from it and nurture life itself.
The mind wants what it wants when it wants it and if an agreement gets in the way, the mind will go for breaking the agreement in order to get what it wants. The mind will go for immediate gratification at the expense of long term satisfaction. Only with intention can you deal with your mind. The only way to long term satisfaction in life is keeping of agreements.
KEEP THEM and be responsible for them and your life works. Don’t keep them and your life doesn’t work. It’s that simple. This is not a game you play half way. It’s all or none.
CHOOSE.
And so it is.
And so it is.
-Day 9-
the way you think is amazing especially it comes from your heart - shalomidom
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your them! - cora
ReplyDeleteThis is great Ms. Gemma. I enjoy reading your daily dose of wisdom. Keep writing, a lot of good will indeed come out of it.:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post and very encouraging. I always enjoy my visiting time in this blog. I love the short yet very striking posts.
ReplyDelete"The most profound agreements you make in life are those you make to yourself." - That is definitely one of the best lines I've read. Thank you po.
ReplyDeleteJust continue writing, one short story at a time..
"CHOOSE."
ReplyDeleteVery true.
very interesting and inspiring dear!! xx
ReplyDeletePromises are made to be broken .Sometimes we can't keep up with our promises for a reason.
ReplyDeleteAs long as we make an effort to keep it, stay true ... we're good. We can't be too hard on ourselves.
ReplyDeletewow, I can't force myself to write everyday even if I promised too... :(
ReplyDeletePromises are kept to be broken. This is the usual comment when somebody issues a promise. Why make a promise when you couldn't keep it. Or else if you compel yourself of doing it, that's, compromise. And this is no good.
ReplyDeleteThat was my agreement a week before December 2010. It made me realized I can't make it and keep the agreement as I have my priorities. So Instead of doing 365 post. I will try to covered my absent "na lang" so if I missed two days post I will try to post 3 article in my blog to update my daily post. Althought it will not count as daily basis atleast in the end of the year I have 365 post. hahaha
ReplyDeleteI'm doing this but as a Gratitude Journal. That way I don't have to think of topics to write about and will just concentrate on making my days more fun :)
ReplyDelete365 days of writing is challenging. But I'm sure you can do it if you put your heart into it. Keep it up!
ReplyDeletePromises are not meant to be broken but sometimes it just happens... ;( we can't be too hard on ourselves but it's doesn't mean we should not strive hard to achieve our goal and our promises. We should do our best to keep our promises... I am always trying to keep mine.. ;)
ReplyDeleteVery well said. But every time we broke our promises, be responsible of the consequences it may bring. I dont usually promise. I do things because I want to do it. Not doing it just not to break a promise. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is really hard to have an agreement or a promise. You're pressured to make it since you made a promise.
ReplyDeleteI really know the feeling! :P
A promise is equals to responsibility. I am annoyed whenever I broke a promise especially to my children. In case of blogging, I don't pressure myself to right daily .
ReplyDeleteAnother dose of wisdom! I believe that if we promise something, we are not just saying it, but, we are already making a commitment... Thanks for sharing! =)
ReplyDeleteit's okay not to perfect a goal, as long as your not giving up achieving it... soon you'll see, you've done better than last year. keep on posting. Yahweh bless.
ReplyDeleteIt's just a matter of discipline. No one will complain if you cannot comply with your own personal agreement. But it's your obligation to yourself. A very effective way to put your self-discipline to test which unfortunately, I don't have. hehehe.
ReplyDeletei ought to do the same thing, but since i have 10 blogs a post on 2 blogs per day should do :)
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