Letter to Life

Dear Life,

"You are judged by your actions, NOT your intentions."

Nobody see's what we intend to do or what we intended on doing. They only see what we did or are doing. That is black and white, and no gray area in between. Terms like "I meant to...I was going to...I was trying to...I should have...I would have...etc" There is nothing in those terms but words, and sure we can all make it sound good and fine, but it really isn't. Don't tell me you want this, you deserve that, we should be this way, SHOW ME that all this is so. I can only see and go off your actions. Your words have no merit if the correct actions do not follow. As a child we are told, "Actions speak louder than Words." This is nothing new.

Actions brings life to words, it provides them with a defining meaning. Telling me isn't half as important as showing me. I love words, I use them to express my love, my life, my pain, as well as my pleasure. Yet aside from action, they are nothing. They mean nothing, and they represent nothing. A kiss requires no words, a hug requires no words, yet that hug or kiss with eye contact and an "I love you" afterwards means that much more. Even I find myself "talking" a good game sometimes. There is only one thing that can break a promise, and that is an comprimising action. Promises, like most words are mere intentions, and there is no action in intention.

Intention- 1. an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
2. goal. Intention, intent, purpose all refer to a wish that one means to carry out.

Action- 1. something done or accomplished
2. The state or process of doing
3. an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity

Lets be who we say we are, and do as we say we will. Intentions mean nothing until they become actions. Dont promise the world if its not yours to give, dont promise your heart if somebody else has it, and dont confuse your intentions with your actions.

Rob Hill