Buena Vista, Gomez

What's the difference between thoughtlessness and impulsiveness? Is it intention? That can't be it, as the whole concept of both is a lack of forethought. People can be harmed by both impulsiveness and thoughtlessness. So what's the difference? Is there even one?
Being called impulsive is not an insult, as being called thoughtless is. Maybe it's not the definition or the specific action that calls for the word that changes its meaning. It must be the intention of the speaker. Action requires no real intention, after a fashion. But what requires intention, and I guess creates an intention for the action, are our words. Words have power. I mean, Rudyard Kipling said "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug known to mankind", meaning of course that words make us feel things. Powerful things, intense things and everything. It is words that give life meaning. Words are what give actions power. It's almost as though words are the only thing with power anymore. An action can go unnoticed, yet the words make it memorable. Words can explain a painful choice, make anything better. But they can also make everything worse.

Actions are simply movements, measurements unless they have intent or power. Nothing gives an action power like words do. Words give power in this world. By killing someone, it is meaningless destruction, but words can give it an explanation, make it a choice. Even if the words remain in your head, they give your action meaning.

I do know this, however. You don't need words to see the beauty of the world. Words lose their meaning when confronted with the power of nature. To be rendered speechless by a spectacular sunset, by the majesty of a redwood or the sheer power of a wave breaking on the shore. You can understand beauty without words, you can understand the world without words. But does it really mean anything? Does understanding equate to living?