Just Words, no action

guarantee of firm determination and sincerity. someone promises to do some work for you, but when, at the appointed time, you ask him for help, he makes some excuse or the other and, in this way, does not honour the value of his words. he had given you a bit of ‘paper’ in the form of a verbal promise, but when the time came, he was unwilling to engage in the action that was the actual value of the words that formed his promise. his words were useless scraps of paper and not a genuine banknote. People revel in the torrent of words that they let out, in the lofty promises that they make. however, they are simply unwilling to pay the reasonable price of their words to honour their value. Thus, their utterances become just bits of scrap paper, like the wastepaper that litters the streets, which people simply ignore. some people excel in passing resolution after resolution and issuing statement after statement to support the oppressed, but when a suffering person comes to their door asking for their help, they become as cold as an iceberg. how often are people’s words not matched by their intentions! how often do people say things that they do not mean! how many people present themselves as models of decency and humility, but when their egos are bruised, they vent their jealousy and pride with a vengeance!