One thing that is clear, desire and action are separated.
You look at what people say they desire and you look at what they do and more often than not there is almost no connnection at all.
Conventional desire is a measure of everything one is not, rather than a goal one moves toward.
Action on the other hand is ultimately the truth of anyone’s desires displayed for all to see. Look at what they do and you see the true person.
Turn that inward and look at what you are doing, or not doing, or how you are acting, or not acting, or behaving, or not behaving and if you have the brass you may just find out what you really are, what you really value.
Which brings us to values.
Values are the root of all action. Yikes. Scary thought. But if you really observe yourself, and others, a clarity of being emerges and you can see what you, and others, really value and hence what they really are.
This can be a painful experience as the realization of the connections and nature of relationships are evident in truth, and we realize we aren’t all that, we aren’t close to some people, and we are close to others.
This also can evince what we value in terms of materialism and spirituality. Again, potentially painful for those of us who purport spirituality and serenity while chasing down the American dream with a vengeance.
Actions speak louder than words.
True that.
This is where I get a little Freudian in that I think we have a few sets of values. Our ideals, what we think others want from us and what we see as the easiest means of existence. An example of that last one would be lying around instead of being productive. I don’t think that means we value laziness more than productivity, it just means at that point in time we choose the path of least resistance.
This is what separates the men from the boys.
Have you ever thought that a blog is just one big updateable page? Or rather, one big page that can be updated. I guess we’re all just one big updateable page. Deeeeep, man. Deep.
Yes. That is what makes WP the ultimate CMS.