Dear Reader,

Children have an uncanny ability to keep scores. They are used to play, remember goals, hits and tokens. They also tend to remember missed promises and broken vows for like… ETERNITY!

A child knows if you are trustworthy or not, and feels enraged (not without reason) when she realises that you have made a promise just to keep her silent or satisfied for the moment being.

Yet, as adults, we happen to treat others, both young and adult, as if they were children to be kept at bay. The strange part is that we adults tend to regard this behaviour as “almost normal”. We know we’ll break promises and expect others to do the same as well.

Next time you are about to make a promise you probably won’t uphold, try asking yourself: “Would a child keep score of this and deem me as untrustworthy?”

If the answer is yes, stop and look that child in the eyes, then make your choice.

Until next time, I promise you to write again!