"Words have longer life than deeds." Do you believe that is true? Words or deeds? Which are remembered longer?
I think it all depends on the circumstances, honestly. In one case, the shoulder given you to cry on will always be remembered in your mind as reliable, but on the other hand, words of affirmation, praise, and love, will forever be etched into your heart. I can see things from both sides. While I was brainstorming this perplexing little question, I wrote down 'The written word will far outlast the author, but the author's actions will be stronger than the words'. Then I continued to write down, 'Actions will come and go, but their words will stay as time persists.'. I'm so in the middle when it comes to which answer I see to be more right! Both words and deeds can have such a beautiful, loving, euphoric outcomes, and yet can still tear down and destroy with one swish. Good thing life is a mixture of both words and deeds, because I don't think I could ever live without. I have so many good memories of kind voices alongside loving gestures, that it's hard for me to pick one. You really can't have one without the other. Think of Jane Austen - People remember her for her words! Words have impacts on your heart and mind when they're written and spoken correctly, and that's why I think people remember and ponder them. Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain - all of them wrote magnificent masterpieces that impacted the world, and we acknowledge and remember them for that. All their carefully-crafted words have long outlived them. But to say, George Washington - We remember the great deeds he accomplished in aiding the United States of America. He was amazing! Most Americans (including myself), all deeply respect him for the things he was able to do in his lifetime. Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks - we remember them for their actions. Their courageous deeds have outlived them as well. 'Share whether you want to be remembered for your words or your deeds.' Well there's a question I am only beginning to know how to answer. I'd like to be remembered for both, honestly. I'd like to be remembered as a person who'd be there anytime with cookies, or a birthday-card, or hugs or kisses, but with kind words to say too. I love to write, and I believe that words have power, whether to create or destroy - And I'd love to be remembered for creating. I really, really would. I'd like my life to be a balance of both, because like I said earlier, you can't have one without the other.
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KARAMI M CRANDALL
9/26/2019 08:59:42 am
It IS so hard to decide! I think that the words in my journals will definitely outlast me, but I think my kids will remember my deeds more than my words. But generations after will only have my words to go on.
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Mrs. Randall
9/27/2019 01:50:16 pm
You pondered this question well. To see the balance between both is probably where the deeper understanding really occurs. Great job!
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Holly
9/27/2019 02:49:49 pm
WOW! you said that really well!
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LaNae
9/30/2019 11:38:20 am
wow! you have such a gift for words, Lyndsay! I bet you'll become a great author if you continue writing!
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