Generous tension

When you shoot a basketball, there is a tension you feel while the ball is in the air. An expectation and hope that is goes in. A release of the tension when it does.

Expectation brings tension.

Making a promise builds expectation, and therefore, tension.

A generous tension, as long as we follow through on the promise.

Because not following through halts a person’s evolution as their needs for certainty and safety become unmet and the mindset of self-preservation and scarcity creeps in.

Following through on a promise is a service to the individual and humanity at large. It provides a release of the tension for the individual. This completes the trust cycle and facilitates higher brain activity including creativity and contribution to others.

The potential energy stored as tension when a promise is made is released as kinetic energy when the promise is fulfilled. The person uses this kinetic energy to make the change they hope to see in the world.

And we evolve.