Keep your words

What I dislike most in people is when they do not keep their word. I have had many encounters with people who do this and I must say I find it most unpleasant. I’m not trying to be boastful but I usually keep my word. If I find that I am not able to because of extraordinary circumstances, I make it a point to tell the person involved so that they wont feel let down. It seems to me that some people simply say things without meaning what they say. They just utter words out of convenience. I remember, there is a friend of mine who replies ‘no problem’ to any request made to him. When we require his help we would tell him and invariably his answer will be ‘no problem’ but whatever thing we asked him to do almost always fail. Sometimes we can wait but more often now we get someone else to do. This someone else also does not usually keep his word but at least he does not say ‘no problem’. It goes to show how untrustworthy a man can become. His word means nothing. It has no value at all. I always go by the saying ‘say what you mean, and mean what you say’. It seems many people cannot be bothered about saying what they meaning and meaning what they say. They just say anything they like and do something else. It is impossible to trust people like this. They will let you down. It is best that we keep away from such people. However this is almost impossible to do because the whole world is filled with them. It seems to me there are more people who do not keep their word than people who do. Perhaps this is the result of living in the modern world where people are more concerned about making money than keeping their word. Money can be kept in the bank but words cant. Money can be used to buy things and words cant.