"You're Late!" (text)

You’re late! What’s your excuse?! Are you late for everything? The majority of people tend to be late; late for dinner, late for lunch, late for meetings, late for appointments, late their own funeral. Punctuality is a lost art.
Why? Part of it is poor planning. We like to blame our lateness on traffic, the weather, the cat or the dog, or best of all, some other person. We’ve all done that, right? “I’m late because so and so made me late”. That’s it, take the easy way out, and blame someone else. Poor planning, and our subsequent lateness, is a result of not allowing a proper amount of time for events and transition. We think we can magically transport ourselves through space instantaneously. So, examine your planning and time management.
The second, and more important, deep underlying reason we’re late is we don’t respect other people. That’s right—we don’t respect people, and that is terrible. By showing up late, to any function, what we are communicating to the other person or people is that “You’re not important”. Yep—that’s the message we’re sending. And if you don’t respect the other people, and the most valuable thing they possess—their time, then how can you expect them to respect you?
Next time you tell someone to meet at a certain time, make sure you’re there, on time!

Key Words

Punctuality-n-arriving on time, efficient with time.

Subsequent-adj-something that follows, the next thing.

Instantaneously-adv-very quickly, the very next moment.

Underlying-adj-the root cause of something, the real reason (which may be hidden).

Respect-v-honor shown to another person or thing.