This week, I was going to write about wedding vows - how they describe the words and actions we hope to live by in our marriage. But as I revisited the promises my husband and I made to each other on our big day, I realized that I could benefit from making some of the same promises to myself.
If you read this portion of our wedding vows, youโll see what I mean:
๐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.
๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด.
I have to admit, Iโm much better at keeping promises to others than I am at keeping the ones I make to myself. I love and accept others while judging my own imperfections. I offer support to others but struggle to accept their help when I need it. I celebrate everyone else's successes, but rarely slow down enough to recognize my own. I'm confident in the strength of others but doubt myself when facing life's challenges.
This week, I'm focusing on making (and keeping) promises to myself like moving my body, quieting my mind through prayer and meditation, and seeking out an intentional connection with others.
As you assess the week ahead, reflect on these 2 questions:
How can you show more love and empathy to yourself?
What vows or promises will you make to yourself for the coming week?
If you are looking for support or accountability to keep those promises to yourself, donโt hesitate to reach out or schedule a free discovery session.