Words express human beings. Words help us to say what we think or feel.
Words can create trust or mistrust. If value our words then there is no difference in what we say and what we do. But the moment, we do not mean what we say, we end up creating mistrust.
Communication is not about using flowery words or fantastic English or using quotations of great thinkers and poets. Communication is a flow of what you say and mean. For example, if I say that, ”I will meet you on Monday” and I do meet you as expressed - I am creating a bond of trust. When I praise a person for his or her achievement, unless I mean what I say, my words will get lost.
When we use words and express ourselves, we tend to ignore the fact that the other person is recording every word we are saying, he is trying to collate whether there is any discrepancy between what I say and what I mean – my actions. Any doubt or disconnect between spoken will result in halting the character building process. With many gaps between words and actions, we become fragmented people - the character building stops. You collapse into becoming a random structure. Nothing builds on random structure, no character, no trust, no team and no effective action. Your foundation is weak and one cannot build a huge tower on a weak structure which is fragmented.
We often come across people who talk a lot but they fall short of action. The deluge of words by these people really means nothing, in fact it dissolves into thin air, even before it reaches our ears.
On the other hand, history is replete with great masters whose words still carry a lot of strength and character. We are able to still relate to their words and thoughts. We get motivated and charged when we read their words. The strength of their words have resulted in creation of strong institutions which have stood the test of time and have become a beacon of hope for all of us.
Such is the power of the ‘words’ we use!
