Are respect and integrity becoming casualties of the world
in chaos? When did it become unimportant to keep our word and our commitments?
Do excuses and apologies repair the damage when we fail to live up to these
commitments? Why do we commit to things we are unable to complete? Is it really
a case of being out of touch with our own reality?
I was invited to a party last night in a restaurant for the
birthday of a friend. Others were to show up as well. Two of us waited an hour
for the others and finally left. Apologies ensued but the fact was that we kept
our commitments and they did not. I was not mad but disappointed to lose a
friendship because the other was not up to the challenge of living in integrity.
I do not know about others but I am through giving bad
behavior a free ride. I am not so needy that I am willing to overlook breaches
of integrity and respect in order to maintain friendships. The friends I
cherish are those that show up unquestioning when and how we agree to and do
not make excuses or commitments that they cannot keep. To me that is integrity and
respect but perhaps that is an old fashioned concept and out of touch with
today’s reality. Whatever…
As for me, I will continue to operate in a world where my
word has meaning. Those I choose to have in my life KNOW that when I say I will
do something or be somewhere that they can bet their life on the fact that I
will go through “hell and high water” to keep my commitment because I have
given my word. In this new paradigm that we are creating, I choose to include
only those who I can count to do the same. We have a choice as to whom and what
we bring into our lives. If those who wish things were different were to step
up and make them different in their lives, that would be our new reality.
Just a thought…Penny
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