I’m going to ask you to be very honest with yourselves.

How many times have you complain about things the other people are not doing right without taking a step back to look at yourselves?

Did you ever speak badly about other people getting all the limelight after taking the initiative to get things done, conveniently forgetting that when you were given the same opportunity, you didn’t take it up?

How about saying one thing, and doing another?

I can bet, that all of you have such moments. I am not spared from this either. I hate to say this, but most Singaporeans, do not walk their talk.

What exactly is walking your talk? It simply means doing the things that you talk about. Confusing? Not really. Let me show you why…

I have seen some parents complaining about how naughty their neighbours’ kids are, how they break everything in sight, how they bully the other children. Yet, their children are not exactly angels. In fact, some of them are worse.Someone I know, who is known for exceptional use of words and ideas, somehow gets on people’s nerves, because, he doesn’t seem to practice what he preaches.

We’ve all been told, what goes around, comes around. We smile at other people, other people will smile back at us. I think in Singapore, we smile at other people, they glare back at you. Like you are some kind of lunatic.

We talk about a gracious society, but are we really one? Take a look at the people going for performances in Esplanade, and the crowd in Sydney Opera House. Over here, audiences are under-dressed, late for shows and even have the audacity to complain about paying full priced tickets and not being able to watch the entire show when being rejected entry to the theatre. Other countries? They observe the rules and are dress to the nines. It is a form of respect, to the performers.

Get the picture?

If everybody starts to walk their talk, wouldn’t we have less misunderstandings or miscommunications? Even less politics? Isn’t that great!