15 Vows I Should’ve Made by Michelle Horton
1. I promise to encourage, support, and believe in you. I promise to say, “Yes, you can do it!”, to recognize your strengths, to see your potential, especially when you can’t see it yourself. Why should we be with someone who only cuts us down, criticizes us, and makes us smaller?
2. I promise to speak to you and about you with kindness and compassion. Because the true essence of love—at its very core—is kindness. If it isn’t kind, it isn’t love.
3. I promise to love myself as much as I love you and to never expect you to complete me. And I hope you can promise me the same, because we can never truly love each other if we can’t love ourselves.
4. I promise to respect your boundaries, and I expect the same in return. We’ll both be healthier and happier because of it.
5. I promise to never intentionally hurt you, and I expect the same in return. Because love is reciprocity.
6. I promise to listen with an open mind and an open heart.
7. I promise to allow you to be your best self and to step back if I interfere with your well-being.
8. I promise to be a safe space for your secrets and vulnerabilities.
9. I promise to forgive you for who you are, and to forgive myself for my flaws.
10. I promise to honor your dreams and fears and to understand who you are.
