Do you walk the talk?

[Guest guest]

Walk the TalkDear Friends and Members,

Reeve said..."I think we all have a little voice inside

us that will guide us...if we shut out all the noise and clutter from

our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to

do." With few exceptions, all of us have beliefs, values, and a

relatively similar sense of what's right and what's wrong. They are

what make us different from other living things on the planet...they

are what make us human. But while having principles may be natural

for us, actually practicing them isn't. Acting according to these

beliefs, values, and good intentions...doing what's right..."walking the talk"

is one of the biggest challenges each of us faces every day. It's true

for just about every aspect of our lives - from family and faith, to

sports and politics, to our jobs and our communities. Unquestionably, talking about beliefs is easy - there's not much effort or pain involved at all. Behaving those values, however, is quite another story. Discussing

good citizenship is a lot easier than going out in an election-day

rainstorm to vote. Stating the importance of honesty is just plain

easier than overcoming the temptation to keep the change the store

clerk overpays us. Touting good service is one thing, staying late to

make sure a customer is taken care of is quite another. And, waxing

eloquent about how parents should be actively involved in their

children's education is a piece of cake compared to turning off our

most favorite TV program so we can check our children's homework. Here are two facts "you can take to the bank:"

We all have moments when our behaviors are out of sync with the beliefs we hold deep down inside, and

The vast majority of those out-of-sync behaviors are Unintentional. Think

about it. How many times have you jumped out of bed in the morning and

declared, "My mission in life today is to NOT walk my talk. I'm not

gonna rest until I'm out of sync somehow, some way!"? We'll go way out

on a limb and guess that your answer is NEVER! It just doesn't happen

that way. Are there some misguided, hypocritical people out there

who knowingly - even intentionally - do wrong? Unfortunately, yes.

They're the ones who make the headlines. The good news, however, is

that they're also the extreme exceptions. The rest of us tend to

approach each new day loaded with noble goals and good intentions. But

too often, we get bombarded with demands, crises, pressures, changes,

issues, and unexpected situations that make merely "holding our own"

sometimes the best that we can hope for. As a result, it can become way

too easy to fly through our lives on automatic pilot - without really

thinking about what we do and whether or not we're actually behaving our beliefs. What I just shared is the introduction to a wonderful book titled Walk the Talk

By

Harvey and Steve Ventura. With great stories, great quotes and

great wisdom, they remind us that life is short, but if we do the

"right things"...it can be wide!

Click here to watch the inspirational movie... http://www.doyouwalkthetalk.com/

Aseem Kaistha

It's your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude.

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