What makes a man?thankful?

A man is only as good as his word...

At first I took offense to this add. To be a male one should always have to wear the pants, ie. always be in control??? Ahh such american male bravado! But then I thought about it a little bit more the just the words of the ad rather I focused on the connotation the image evokes in me. A man is his words. That is all we are. That is how we are known- and how our masculinity should be measured.

Are not our words all that will remain after our bodies are long gone? Are not the words which we speak /or don't speak that will last in the hearts of our loved ones long after are bodies return to the dust from whence it came?