56: How do you feel about the saying "Words are cheap"?
I can’t say that that statement means the same thing to everyone, so if I say that I 100% agree, I may not be expressing how I feel. That’s one of the difficulties with communicating certain words/names (like God) and phrases (like ‘words are cheap’); they likely are attached to a strong definition that is subjective based i.e. different for everyone.
This is how I define what a word is: Words are a tool for communicating ideas. But words are greatly limited. Can you describe to me the flavor of an apple? Will everyone describe it with the same words? As a matter of fact, can you describe to yourself the flavor of an apple? If it is difficult for us to use words to describe our own thoughts to ourselves, think about the difficulty in using them to communicate to others! In fact, that’s why I can’t just answer your question with, “yes!”
I think that “words are cheap,” is similar to “easier said then done,” and that they are both trying to state, and what I believe is: that it’s one thing to say something, and another to do something. I don’t like either phrase though. “Words are cheap,” to me comes off too negative because words are our main form of communication. That’s not to mention that words are extremely powerful, both written and spoken. The phrase, “easier said then done,” to me is also inaccurate because I believe that the ratio of ‘knowing’ (knowing is like saying) to ‘doing’ is equal – try to ‘do something’ without ‘knowing’ what it is. If someone fails, did they fail in the ‘doing’ or the ‘knowing’?
I believe we need to always aspire to something that is greater than our current state. The idea of how to better our selves comes first, to describe it transfers the idea into words, and the words then need to become actions in order for them to be of value aka not “cheap!”
This is how I define what a word is: Words are a tool for communicating ideas. But words are greatly limited. Can you describe to me the flavor of an apple? Will everyone describe it with the same words? As a matter of fact, can you describe to yourself the flavor of an apple? If it is difficult for us to use words to describe our own thoughts to ourselves, think about the difficulty in using them to communicate to others! In fact, that’s why I can’t just answer your question with, “yes!”
I think that “words are cheap,” is similar to “easier said then done,” and that they are both trying to state, and what I believe is: that it’s one thing to say something, and another to do something. I don’t like either phrase though. “Words are cheap,” to me comes off too negative because words are our main form of communication. That’s not to mention that words are extremely powerful, both written and spoken. The phrase, “easier said then done,” to me is also inaccurate because I believe that the ratio of ‘knowing’ (knowing is like saying) to ‘doing’ is equal – try to ‘do something’ without ‘knowing’ what it is. If someone fails, did they fail in the ‘doing’ or the ‘knowing’?
I believe we need to always aspire to something that is greater than our current state. The idea of how to better our selves comes first, to describe it transfers the idea into words, and the words then need to become actions in order for them to be of value aka not “cheap!”
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