ACTIONS vs. WORDS

Actions speak louder than words.

Talk is cheap.

Well done is better than well said.

A tongue doesn't get things done.

Actions speak louder than words BUT words are still important, and how we say those words is even more important.

Can you imagine if people "kept their word" how much more powerful our words would be? The only reason that saying (actions speak louder than words) rings true is because we, as faulty humans don't know how to "keep our word" a lot of the time and honestly it's pretty freaking annoying, but we'll probably keep doing it for the rest of forever.

Some of you pride yourself in being blunt and saying it like it is. COOL .You can still explicitly say what you want in the most straightforward and non sugar coated way without also being a jerk at the same time. It's called tact. It's called thinking before you speak. It's called respect and kindness. It's called using your brain. Please speak your mind but that doesn't mean don't think about how you're going to say it before it just spews from your mouth. "It's just the way I am" isn't an excuse either.

You can probably think of an interaction you had with someone where their words stung a bit. Maybe it was to your face, maybe they were talking crap behind your back, or maybe someone said something unkind online. Some people deliberately use their words to be mean. Some people say things though and they didn't even realize that it was offensive. Niether types sting any less, and for the ones who did it unintentionally I wonder if it could have been avoided had they put a little more thought into it first. We don't really know what people are going through in life. We don't know if they're depressed, what their family situation is, their sexual orientation, their race, their religion, if they voted for Donald Trump, or if someone close to them just died....and maybe we do know those things. However, maybe we don't know those things are sensitive to them because even though they aren't gay, their older brother is, or their best friend's mom just lost her job, or a million other things that could be taken the wrong way by some "funny" comment that we didn't realize wouldn't be funny to them. OUR WORDS MATTER. Maybe millennials are too sensitive. No we can't say everything right. But maybe we could also just care a little more and do our best to be kind. It really can't be THAT hard.

#ithink actions speak louder than words BUT words are still important, and how we say those words is even more important.