"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes..." Okay, this quote is usually a little longer, but this is the part of the quote I wanted to focus on. The quote is by Eleanor Roosevelt by the way. Regardless of what you think about her politics, you have to respect Eleanor Roosevelt. She was an independent woman long before it became popular. She had her own political beliefs and on occasion would oppose some of her husband's policies...even though he was president of the United States. Some of that may be due to the fact that her husband cheated on her and had a long-term affair with his secretary.
Just goes to show that having the title of President doesn't mean you have class, or that you are honest. I have always believed that if a man's wife can't trust him, than neither can anybody else! We wonder why our country is in trouble, yet we think nothing of electing liars and cheats to office. Roosevelt, Nixon, Clinton. Who next? Will Hillary Clinton be the next liar that we vote into office? She has a long record of being dishonest and a liar. In fact, in 2012 she lied about what happened in Benghazi to the press. One of her "secret" emails from that time period was to her daughter, where what she wrote privately was in direct contradiction to what she was saying publicly. I am a firm believer that what a person does is more important than what they say. There is an old saying "All hat, no cattle." In general it means that just because the man has an expensive hat, doesn't mean he has the assets that actually make him wealthy. We see similar things nowadays too. Think of people you know who have $50,000-$75,000 cars, yet live in hovels. Or the people who dress to the nines, but also have $30,000 in credit card debt. Both of these examples are what is wrong with parts of our society. People would rather be perceived as being rich, rather than actually doing what is necessary to actually become rich. Talk is cheap folks...and so are consumer goods. If you spend all of your money on consumer goods, then you will never truly become wealthy. People think that their expensive hand bag fools people, but it really doesn't. I can't count the number of times I have seen a woman with an expensive hand bag standing in line for groceries and then paying with a food stamps card. Or how many times I have driven by a hovel only to see a new, expensive pick up truck sitting in the driveway. I have gotten a little off track here with this post, but I think you can see where I was headed. Phonies like to talk...and to hide their true selves behind their possessions. Your actions, folks, tell more about you than what you say. Your actions towards yourself and others tells everyone exactly what they need to know about you. And yet, people are fooled by others all the time. Be more observant people, and see yourselves and others for what they truly are. Think how you want to be perceived, and more importantly, by who. Choose who you are and how you want to be perceived...and then don't settle for the phony and shallow. Choose to be deep, and let your actions anchor that choice.
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