Actions do speak louder than words, for sure. If you follow the pattern, thoughts lead to words and words translate into action. That is unless of course you are a bag of wind and never follow through on anything you say. Kids though get placed on the battlefield of the bully/victim dynamic through their words, and get pressured into taking action. Of course this all starts in their thoughts. The more that gets said the more action has to be taken.

Most of the time these actions are taken out of impulse, leading to serious problems between bullies, victims, and other students who they are friends with creating discipline problems for teachers, administration, and the schools bullying specialist. Always keep your hand on the pulse of your classroom, or your school, and listen for threatening words that you know could lead to a bullying event. At this point the child or teen thoughts have escaped the confines of his secret life and have now become public. STOP HIM NOW, before you have a bigger problem to deal with.

Bench Notice

The Actions that a person takes in their life can have both immediate and long term consequences. Often there are regrets and guilt that develop as a person rehashes things that were done or said that should have been left undone and unspoken. This guilt can be carried around for a lifetime. It’s important to mention here because of what that guilt produces in a person’s life. Guilt can cause, bitterness, condemnation of others, relationship problems, depression lack of confidence and a poor self image to name a few.

Any action that a person takes should be evaluated through the filter of short and long term consequences. The action may bring temporary relief at the time (you might feel good because you told off your boss) but, you may leave a wake of problems that leaves you unemployed because of a poor job reference down the road. We all need to live one day at a time and ask ourselves the type of legacy we want to leave because of or actions.