Slip of the Tongue?

“I’ll help you when I get promoted.”

“Yes mom, I’ll wash the fans after this movie.”

“I will just be here for you no matter what.”

“No worries, your secrets are safe with me.”

“Yeah, we’ll receive a bonus next week.”

“I promise, you won’t be involved in this, okay? Let me handle it.”

Things we say we’ll do. Things we tell somebody. Things they hear from us. Things they tell us. Things we believe because they said so. Things they hold on to just because we say it.

We say a lot of things; things that affect people’s mindset. Sometimes it’s just a piece of cake for us to mumble or say long-term promises to others. Sometimes we say comforting words just because somebody needs them and we do not reallymean them. A lot of times we say things to make people feel secured without even thinking twice if we can do it. Sometimes we answer questions with a slip of a tongue.

Now when we hear our friends tell us a lot of things, we believe them, don’t we? We hold on to what they say and we hope that they don’t just mess with our heads. We change our expectations and we shape our thoughts based on what they promise because we believe it’s true. All because we trust them. And we just know when they’re joking or not, or lying or not. But either way we are affected by what they say whether it’s long-term or not.

When we just hear something from somebody, a small part of us thinks and weighs those things or sometimes we are not affected because we simply don’t care about them. And when we say things, we’re not sure if somebody holds on to it or believes it of just ignores it; not sure who are affected by us but there sure is.

Sometimes we think fast and honest, don’t we? And  we’re just eager to express things when we’re sure of them. We say things easily because they’re the truth. Or we promise things because we’re sure we can sustain them. Or can we?

Can we decide right now the things that are long-term or for a lifetime? We sure can, can’t we? But can we sustain it? That no matter what we encounter we’ll still hold on to that promise we made decades ago? Or we-can’t-even-remember-when ago. We sure we meant whatever we promise or say?

-was originally posted in wordpress Feb. 15, 2014