Often, the things that we say don’t line up with the things that we do. In other words, our walk doesn’t always equal our talk.
If the truth be told, some people are satisfied talking about and imagining living a different life as opposed to actually working to implement that in reality. It is almost like psychologically, we are living the life that we want to live because we can talk about it and fantasize about it and that seems to be good enough for some people. These are the same people that one day look up and see that life has passed them by. They have become elderly and all their hopes, dreams and desires are unfulfilled and can only be seen in the rear view mirror of their lives.
When we say somebody has potential and they are 18, 21 or 25 years old, that is very different from saying that same person has potential at 60 years old. There is always time left to change your life if you have breath in your body, but I’m not sure you can still call it the same degree of potential at 60 years old if you have been sitting on it all these years. In some respects, one might have to call that fleeting opportunity because you have done nothing with your potential but entertain it in your mind and in conversation.
It is time to match up our walk to our talk and actually do something concrete to move toward the kind of life we want to live. It’s not going to happen without effort from you and it’s not going to happen overnight. The first step is to monitor the things that we say, and hear those things the way other people hear them. Hear them with a mindset to analyze and question ourselves the same way we would listen to and prepare to answer a person who was on the other side of an issue that we were passionate about. Examine yourself; what you say, do and think. Take time to work on you. It is not time wasted at all.
It is wise and necessary to put a guard over your tongue because the things you say can put you on the road to success or the path to ruin. Make sure you are talking positively (to others and especially to yourself) in order to build yourself up and then make very sure your walk matches your talk.
Make yourself a great day!