The Promise You'd Take Back
Do you keep it?
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The Promise You'd Take Back
A friend, near the end, made you promise something. Keep the letters sealed. Don't tell their kid who the father was. Sell the house to their brother. You said yes; they died easier for it. A year on you're sure the promise is doing harm to someone living. Nobody but you knows it was ever made.
Do you keep it?
Then ask
- Who is the promise actually for now, them or you?
- If you break it, do you tell anyone that you did?
- What have you promised someone that you've quietly stopped honouring?
The classics and some new ones. A scenario, the question it forces, and the follow-ups that make it bite.