Monday, June 13, 2005

Recently, I've discovered the power of words. And what it means to give your word, and to keep it.

I really hate to break promises, and the same goes for promise-breakers. I don't want to give others the license to use it as a weapon against me if they happen to break any promise they gave.

What makes a promise then?

If a promisor is a person who makes a promise, then a promisee is a person for whom the promise is made (courtesy of www.dictionary.com). If the promisee lets go of the matter (i.e., if the promisee terminates the promise), is the promisor then freed from the bondage of the word he had previously given? Forthwith if he then did not live up to his word, did he break his promise (since a word is a word, you can't take it back)? Or did he not?

Ah, this is confusing. But what ties in with promises is the question on integrity. You can not own everything else, but you gotta have integrity.

I've lost mine, and I gotta earn it back.

Side notes: "Promises are meant to be broken?", "This may or may not be your first time breaking a promise, but it's not going to be your last."

writing at 12:52 PM

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