Nominating, making promises and keeping them
Nominating – to call or mention by name. I nominate. I name.
I nominate to do ‘x’.
When we nominate voluntarily, we are choosing without coercion.
I choose. The ultimate act of freedom.
When we nominate a commitment or promise, it is on us, the nominator, to keep our promise or commitment.
Why, then, do we do this and not keep our promise? Why do we sabotage ourselves, our word and our integrity?
What we are doing when we nominate to do something and then do not do it, first and foremost, is an act of self-deception.
Self-deception is accumulative, each lie gets deposited into the negative side of our personal integrity account.
It is hypocritical to point to the liars and deceivers in the world – people who get away with the type of lies that cost lives and futures – when we can’t keep a promise to ourselves and others.
This is the rub. The point of truth.
To nominate an action willingly, to stamp your name upon doing that action, and then to not do it, to not inform others that you will not be doing it is to erode respect, trust, and truthfulness.
Changing this behaviour is simple to do.
Tell yourself the truth first. With loving rigour. No exceptions. No excuses.
This simple act is life and world-changing.
Photo February 10th 2025, Article written April 4th 2025
