My Word Is My Bond...
Our rucksacks have all our belongings in them and the apartment is clean and tidy... It doesn't take very long to 'pack up our life'!
We are meeting Kathy at 9pm for our final night at Teide... I am rather looking forward to the 'gin and tonic' that has become my drink of choice over the past four days!
Anadi ordered one when Kathy requested a vino tinto and then the following night I 'joined in'
It looked so summery and fresh and tinkling ice lemon slice inviting... And then I remembered the article we read a couple of months ago stating its positive properties...
And that was it!
The power of the written word, the power of our words...
Words hold energy and being intentional in our dialogue, makes a difference to our relationship with ourselves and one another...
We will become more conscious that our words have the power to take our life and the lives of one another this way and that...
'My word is my bond' is a familiar phrase... But it is not uncommon to find that promises made are broken, and good intentions fall by the wayside...
The starting place for our word being our bond is of course with ourselves... If we commit to tell the truth to ourselves and to listen to the truth in our heart, then we are less likely to make promises we cannot keep...
I learnt through making promises that were not from the truth of my being - that in the end - to honour to my own heart it meant turning away from a promise made on shaky foundations...
This could be from as 'small' a situation as cancelling an arrangement, to leaving a marriage...
I remember once a man saying to me 'you'll never leave me will you' and I answered 'no, I'll never leave' because it was what he wanted to hear... But I learnt very profoundly that words uttered which are not our absolute truth cause much more pain in the long term....
Of course we may be speaking the truth in that moment, and then things may change along the way...
And so there can be no set 'rules', other than committing to each moment and seeking to clear anything that blocks us from knowing who we are, and therefore our truth within that space...
What we feel or need to say, may be difficult and uncomfortable for another to hear... But I have learnt (the hard way!) that it is far far better in the long term...
Anadi and I have made no forever promises to one another...
The only promise we have made is to always keep the space safe between us by letting the other know our truth... Then there are no surprises.
In1801 the motto of the London Stock Exchange expressed in Latin was, "dictum meum pactum". Translated to English it means, “My Word Is My Bond”.
To be able to conduct our lives, business and personal without the need for documentation would change the world significantly, and as always this practice begins with our own lives...