I’ve noticed, throughout my life, that there is sometimes a disparity between my words and my actions. This is an uncomfortable thought, because it means that I am sometimes a hypocrite.

Which is a problem that the Strong And Silent type never has.

It’s easy to be true to your word if you don’t use any.

Those of us who use words a lot, do so, oftentimes, to imagine alternative futures. This is a good thing, because we are capable of imagining Better.

But the future can never be predicted with full and knowing accuracy. With truth. It can only ever be aimed at. It can only ever be imagined.

And the only thing that can be completely true and real is the step we are taking right now. In one sense the words, any words, can be disregarded.

We are what we do. Right now.

But we should not give up on words, even if they let us down or turn us into hypocrites. We should carry on using them to imagine ourselves doing it better.

And then perhaps our next step can take us in a better direction.