Actions speak louder than words

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that have the ability to express themselves through words. We have come to believe that speaking is a powerful thing when it comes to communication.
Blogs, magazines, books, conversations, seminars are all about words.

In one of my previous posts I mentioned that "a picture is worth a thousand words" which it is because it goes beyond vocabulary. Yet pictures are open for interpretation and different meanings. It is difficult to capture a picture in which one can show a universal meaning.

Looking at this photograph, one can say that these children are crying. Or maybe they're camera shy. Perhaps they are just fooling around. From this photograph it is very difficult to conclude whether they are happy or sad or any emotion at all. A caption would be needed to describe the meaning of the image.

Yet vocabulary is a very tricky thing because actions are involved in this matter as well.
I strongly believe that words are meaningless and lose their power if there is no intention of acting upon them.
How many times have you found yourself in a situation where someone tells you sorry multiple times but keeps repeating the same mistake over and over again? How often did someone tell you that they are always there for you resulting in not being there when you need them?
Will you keep believing what they say risking the fact that you get disappointed time after time or will you start believing in their actions instead which is saying that they don't mean what they say?

“People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention.”

People might have the intention of not wanting to hurt your feelings, so they tell you things which eventually don't match their actions later. Even though the intention was not to hurt you, it does not justify the fact that they have been lying to you which is in my opinion the worst thing a person can do.

As a quite naïve person I tended to believe people for their words resulting in being screwed over an over and ending up being the one who was hurt and disappointed I've come to learn to get to know people by what they do and not by what they say. Or better said, I started to pay attention to both.
I can promise that as you keep practising you will be amazed in how much people are not saying but definitely showing. Just trust your intuition and don't be afraid to trust other types communication rather than words.

"If someone is consistently inconsistent, and their actions don't match up with their words, it's time to let them go."