Saying Nothing At All

Communicating is a skill. Some have it, others do not. While some excel, others are like paupers who have nothing to offer. Sometimes the best way to communicate is by saying nothing.

It is best to respond with “doing” when words cannot fill the gap.

In other words, when words fail, then do. We often think it’s important to be a great orator. But words sometimes fail. When that happens, then we are judged by what we do.

A great communicator that everyone seems to know puts it like this.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple.
Know what you are doing.
Love what you are doing.
And believe in what you are doing.
~Will Rogers

It’s what the Apostle Paul says in my favorite epistle, and with my favorite phrase, abbreviated and noted for you to extract the important thinking process.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are
true, … honest, … just, … pure, … lovely, … good report;
if there be any virtue, … praise,
think on these things.
Those things,
which ye have both learned, … received, … heard,
and seen in me,
do:
and the God of peace shall be with you.
(Philippians 4:7-9 KJV)

Here’s My Thought For The Day

We all struggle with saying the right thing at the right time. The words fail to sound sincere, the timing is far from perfect, and the rush of the moment disallows our true feelings.

Through the past few months, I’ve experienced this a lot.

• People take something wrong, shut you out, and there’s no way to recover until “they” are ready to talk.
• In the crowd of a farewell, you have no time to speak and less time to hear.
• Your memory says you will recall, but all you have are vague snatches of words you think you heard.

What do you do in the meantime?

You do. That’s the logic I take from Will Rogers and the Apostle Paul. Doing proves you have the words and skills needed for the moment.

“Learning is finding out what you already know.
Doing is demonstrating that you know it.
Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you.
You are all learners, doers, teachers.”
~Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Another translation of Philippians 4:9 says it like this: “Practice what you’ve learned and received from me, what you heard and saw me do. Then the God who gives this peace will be with you.”

So. This morning. I ponder. What’s does my witness say about me? Most times we should hold our speech, and simply do what needs to be done. That’s what I want my example of living to be.

Thimk and Do (Click to Read my thought on Thimk!)

“…to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.” ~Stephen R. Covey, 

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