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Along Life’s Way
Words
and Actions
By Lois E. Wilson
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is true
because a picture quickly reveals the scene to us in great detail
evoking emotional and intellectual responses. We capture the
information in one look.
To describe the scene in words requires one to concentrate and bring
the elements in the picture to mind. Our experience and vocabulary are
limits from which we draw the words. Others relate to our description
based on their knowledge and vocabulary.
Some people are examples of all talk and no action. They give us empty
words often in a forceful manner. Shakespeare in “Macbeth” uses this
phrase about life: “It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury, signifying nothing.”
When
a problem is identified, words are useful to define it, set goals
to address it, and recruit others to help solve it. Turn a deaf ear to
naysayers. We hear words; we see actions. The best advertisement is
when positive results are realized and seen by others. It is by deeds
that we are known. My 1977 verse “At Last” considers
this:
Ten people saw a problem:
The first created it.
The second debated it.
The third ignored it.
The fourth deplored it.
The fifth muddied it.
The sixth studied it.
The seventh policed it.
The eighth increased it.
The ninth shied from it—
then denied it.
But the tenth became involved—
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and solved it.
Success spreads by word of mouth. We should always remember that
without words, our actions may not be understood. Without actions, our
words are not believed. Words and actions together make the ideal
partnership to foster success.
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