Unfortunately if you watch the media these days, you will see plenty of examples of people who must have missed this lesson in life. Maybe they were fast asleep in church or just got tired of hearing it from their parents.
I'm really so sick of people these days who go out and proclaim one thing, but practice something else. They tear down others and belittle what other people do, but yet they are no better. They don't practice something most of us learned, actions speak louder than words.
Take for example the politician that proclaims how great of a Christian he is. He makes sure everyone knows this and he thanks God in his rallies and performs his prayers. Yet, when it comes down to tactics to win an election, he really forgets that his actions speak louder than words.
You could also take for example the child molester who prays to God and makes it a practice to make sure others know how great and good a person he is. Yet, he continues time and time again to molest children, even while proclaiming his faith and holier than thou attitude. Their actions speak louder than words.
Before you think I'm just harping on churches, it is more than that. Consider the community leader who wants everyone to be treated fairly and equally, but when it comes to those gays in every day life, they are calling for them to be obliterated from the face of the earth. Their actions speak louder than words.
What about the business leader who greedily charges more than they should for some life saving product and yet they think somehow they are better than the imbeciles living on this planet. Maybe they will donate some extra money to make it look like they are a good person, but again, they forget that actions speak louder than words.
Its easy to point the finger at others and proclaim how bad they are and how they are ruining the fabric of our society. It is easy to point the finger at others and tell them what they should do and how we are the supreme authority on any given subject. It is easy to point the fingers and stand high on our own pedestal while we look down on those we see as lower than ourselves.
In my view, if you're looking down on others, you're trampling upon them. You are enslaving them to your will and taking away their will. You're forcing your own narrow minded beliefs and ways upon them as if to say, you are smarter than any God, person, place, or thing in the universe.
Maybe if we kept in mind that actions speak louder than words, we could really begin to look at our actions and then align our words. As a result, maybe we could just begin to treat others as human, not as less then our ego inflated self.
Actions say so much more than our words. Actions show our true intent and what is in our heart. We can trick and dupe people with our words, but our actions tell the real story.
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Well said Don. It's definitely easy to point the finger and see how screwed up everyone else is and blame them. If we take the time to examine ourselves first, and treat people the way that we want to be treated, our actions would speak louder than words a lot more often.
ReplyDeleteThe world is never going to change if all we continue to do is tear down other peoples ideas, beliefs, and overall being for our own personal gain. When we take the time to think first and not react to our emotions but rather act on kindness and humility towards ourselves and others, the world just might start to change for the better.
Very well stated for sure. I wish more could recognize this.
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