Chapter 45: Don't make promises
Promise is probably a kind of expression that reassures the other party with one's own determination! The ancients said: "Words must be believed, and deeds must be fruitful." "If a person pats his chest and promises at every turn, but every time he is impassioned, there is no follow-up, let alone any action and result. Who would believe such a person?
Some people will not believe him if they say 10,000 words, while others will believe them after saying only one sentence. Why? Because the former people do not believe in their words, and the latter people do what they say. If a person makes promises at every turn, but never fulfills what he promised, then of course this kind of person has no prestige. Those who are too easy to commit are often those who are rarely trustworthy. He is not responsible for his own words and deeds, but how can he be responsible for others? He does not know what a promise means, and what does it mean to him?
A person's image is the result of his long-term commitment to others. A trustworthy person will not easily promise to others. He must be absolutely sure that he can only promise, and once he does, he will certainly deliver. This kind of person, he may not promise much, but every promise he has a result, such a person, who doesn't trust him?
I hate people who don't keep their word of promise, who keeps making promises and then constantly tearing them up. His so-called promise is actually self-deception, he always thinks that others are fools, but in fact he is a very unclever liar. If a person has been a liar for a long time, he will often become a fool. Those who are deceived often "eat a trench and grow a wisdom", and those who deceive others are undoubtedly covering their ears and stealing the bell, and as a result, they have deceived themselves. Birds cherish their feathers, and people love fame. Those who trample on their promises at will will never care about their image in the hearts of others. If the image is not good, where does it come from?
Don't make promises to people, especially children. The hearts of children are pure, and they do not yet know that the world is full of deception. Whatever is promised to the children must be fulfilled, otherwise their young minds will cast the shadow of deception. This shadow will accompany them all their lives. If you promise someone something, you must work hard to help it achieve it, otherwise don't promise it easily. If you can't grasp something, don't promise it, because it will not only tire you and mislead others, but also end up resentful.
Promise people and things, and don't move a thousand dollars. What you promised to give to others, no matter how precious it is, how reluctant it is, it must be counted. Gold can be won with wisdom and hard work, and it can be gathered more and more, and it can still be won by integrity, but a person's prestige is established by himself little by little. It's not that all people who like to commit are not honest, but they may overestimate themselves, or they may underestimate the complexity of things, so that it is especially difficult to practice. For a trustworthy person, he will live a busy and tiring life.
Some people, soft-mouthed and soft-hearted, no matter who asks for help, always responds to requests, but they don't have the ability of immortals, they can do those things well with a wave of the fairy stick, so they have to keep running around with their flesh and blood, and if they can't do it today, they will press it to tomorrow, and they will continue to do it the day after tomorrow. In this way, day after day, there will never be a day to finish. Whatever is promised becomes a debt. If you owe money and debts, you may be painted outside the door with the words "debt repayment", but people's debts, personal debts, and love debts are not sprayed on the wall, but sprayed in your heart and engraved on your bones. As long as you don't pay it back for a day, you won't be comfortable for a day.
There is no need to swear an oath, 10,000 promises are not worth a real action. The ancients said: "The promise of a thousand people is not as good as the promise of a man." "Don't make promises lightly, you must do everything you promise. If you can't, why do you have to commit to it?