Walk The Walk

Do you talk the talk? Do you you walk the walk? Hopefully your answer was yes, and yes. Realistically though many people don’t even realize they don’t know how to back it up (and I’m not talking about on the dance floor). Words are frequently misused to impress others. If you are going to talk the talk though, be sure to be among the few who will walk the walk. Turn those words into actions, your credibility will thank you later.

Imagine you are sitting among a group of people and someone starts expressing their beliefs, whether it is religious, personal, or just about life skills. Then, mid conversation you’re already questioning their genuity. Sometimes this might even slowly come to the surface over time. For example, you’re in the middle of this conversation and the person is expressing how they really don’t like being around people who complain. Then, in the next sentence they begin to express their disgust for someone else, how they hate their job, how they wish that they could just get out of this low point in their life, and everyone basically peed in their wheaties…. Instantly, their aura radiates discontent. It makes you really think, how can someone who expresses so much discontent be talking about how they don’t like to be around complainers? Seems like they might actually get along well. Sometimes I think people want to be something that they’re not so bad, they will do anything to make others believe that’s actually who they are. Any smart person can see right through those people and that game. The game that people talk a lot about but can’t actually play. The talk about being trustworthy, while failing to keep a secret. The talk of being compassionate, but their game screams cold and cruel. The constant reminder that they are a superior being, yet their actions are just ordinary. Just because someone thinks they’re friendly scale is a 10, doesn’t make that an accurate statement. One must ask themselves what they have done to prove that view?

Many people might not realize social media is a petri dish for people to grow bacteria on their character, it’s where beliefs are questioned and reputations can be destroyed because of the contradictions that all the sudden put a huge spot light on them and their real life. For instance, there has been too many times I have seen proclaimed Christians go on a rude and selfish rant about situations that involved people that don’t follow their particular lifestyle choices. (It even took me a while to walk that walk) I began to think about how God’s people are supposed to love just as Christ loved us. Also, the people who stand in a strong position for a movement but they aren’t exactly the role model you would expect.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not perfect by any means of the word, but I have enough ingenuity to know that if I can’t back it up, I better just shut up. If I am going to express something, I want to make sure I have not contaminated the quality of the statement. I don’t want the words coming out of my mouth sounding like “blah, blah, blah,” to those who are listening. This took me a while to discover, it was a battle I fought with my younger self. I am careful with what I say, so it doesn’t come back to bite me later. Sometimes it’s better to just not say anything, I don’t want to burn my own bridges and never be able to recover them later when I come to my senses. Which also reminds me, I don’t want to live my life like a politician, where I say what I think everyone wants to hear, while actively going against it within a short amount of time. That’s exhausting.

I say it all the time but I think it is truly important to have a sensible and accurate idea of what life is about and the importance of not finagling your way through it just so others think more highly of you. The point is, be careful what you say, especially if your image doesn't reflect the meaning of your words. Above all else, don’t tell people your plans or who you are, show them. In the end, it doesn’t actually matter what others think of you, it’s about how you see yourself and that is when you will begin to care about walking the talk.