There is good and bad in the fact that we can communicate with one another through the spoken as well as the written word. The reason why this is good is that it gets across well to the other what we are trying to convey to them, as well as being the general basis for having a successful communication with one another, because in order to communicate well, each party needs to be able to understand the other, thereby minimizing miscommunication and misunderstanding. The bad that we see in our communications isn’t so much the bad things that we say, those these can indeed be bad, but the fact that our corresponding actions don’t match what we have committed to doing, which obviously creates a contradiction and in some cases, confusion, because the talk does not match the walk.
So too, it’s important to recognize that some people have the gift of gab, whereas there are others who aren’t particularly articulate in what they are trying to say, but the general principle of what they are saying they are able to successfully get across to us. In either case, it’s important that when we hear what we hear, we understand well that just because it’s said, even with what appears to be sincerity, doesn’t make those words true, and doesn’t even mean that words spoken will generate corresponding and consistent actions in conformance to those words. In other words, when it comes to judging somebody’s character, we need to focus more upon their subsequent actions and probably less upon credulous belief in their words, because intentions are not the same thing as actions, and it could be said that in the end, actions not only speak louder than words, but are also more relevant.
As much as we might prefer to hear words that we agreed with, or that we are comfortable with, it needs to be acknowledged that it is the actions that reveal the truth or untruth of the words so spoken, in which, it follows that those that speak about how much they care for us, but their actions are anything but caring would seem to strongly suggest that their words are actually empty and aren’t even necessarily well meaning. So too, in a fit of anger, some people are prone to saying very ugly and hurtful words that are directed at us, but once the anger wears off, they make it their point to make up to us by considerate and caring actions, because they recognize that they were wrong, and desire therefore to make amends by their subsequent good deeds towards us.
Finally, it needs to be said that we are, in effect, what we do, and not what we say that we are going to do. This signifies that there are indeed cheap words, and the only real way that cheap words turn into something of substance never comes from even more words, but rather comes from those good actions that reflect well those words, or even go above and beyond such for the betterment of all.