A Question About Language & Change

If we are not our words, then what are we?

I’ve struggled with concepts of consistency, both in words and in action, all my life. Not necessarily whether I can follow through in what I believe in (although there have been my fair share of those occasions), but rather if what people say aligns with what they do — and being quick to judge if I see inconsistencies.

We live in a world where “sticking by your word” is romanticized, especially within media landscapes, be it movies and television, the books we read, or the…