> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.tom-shaw.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Actions Speak Louder Than Words - URL: https://www.tom-shaw.uk/actions-speak-louder-than-words/ - Published: 2024-02-07T13:13:05.000Z - Updated: 2024-02-07T13:13:05.000Z - Description: Questions For Strengthening Integrity - Author: Tom Shaw - Tags: Poems, #substack, #substack-type-newsletter, #substack-access-everyone, #Import 2026-10-24 12:50 Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedHow can you remain anti-globalist when you are withdrawing from BRICS? How can you remain anti-warmongerer when you’re cheering the Zionist kicks? How can you remain anti-Big Pharma when poison shots are the source of your wealth? How can you remain anti-fear porn when you promote scare-stories on health? I do not pose these questions with malice; I pose them to make you stronger. For you do more than many others do, and I’d gladly see you go for longer. But I fear there are blind spots in your vision, just as there are in all of ours, and mine. But I check my mirrors and off to the side when leading a convoy up an incline. How can we remain fighters for truth when we still play into systems of lies? How can we remain helping the future when we do what caused our elders’ demise? How can we remain planting the seeds when we are digging on shaky ground? How can we remain harmonious when our actions don’t match how we sound? ###### Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Questions For Strengthening Integrity - by Tom Shaw *Music:* [*Kai Engel - Low Horizon*](https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai%5FEngel/The%5FScope/Kai%5FEngel%5F-%5FThe%5FScope%5F-%5F08%5FLow%5FHorizon?ref=tom-shaw.uk) --- Here’s a poem which calls on all of us to stand in authenticity and integrity. I’ve also included it in my book “From A Dying Empire Near You”, which you can find below: [From A Dying Empire Near You](https://tom-shaw.uk/from-a-dying-empire-near-you/?ref=tom-shaw.uk) I’m impressed at how relevant this piece continues to be with the events and happenings that have occurred since - especially with the looming US Election. So many self-proclaimed freedom fighters seem to believe that we must get behind Trump at all costs, despite the fact that he continues to act in many ways that further the agendas of those seeking harm on the general public. And then, on the other side, Harris is set up to complete the false binary, poised as the candidate who will “stop Trump from destroying the country”. I believe the best approach is for each and every one of us to take as much accountability for our own lives and how we show up in the world. Hoping for politicians and idols to do that work and to “win the fight” for us is not how I see this working. Let us be the change we want to see in the world, and [build that change, not battle for it](https://www.tom-shaw.uk/battle-or-build/). Let me know how it lands with you in the comments. [Leave a comment](#ghost-comments-root) With gratitude, Tom --- ![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/38cb9dda-4264-4a53-8160-9694aa24d586_640x640.jpg) [Subscribe](#/portal/signup) --- ## More Like This [Nightmares![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/c307d39e-3048-4ec9-b511-12a1a31ba9aa_800x800.png)Tom ShawTom Shaw![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/4334dd35-cb9a-460f-9ae8-5238d4c3cbde_2000x2000.png)](https://www.tom-shaw.uk/nightmares/) [The Badger's PathSavaging its way with gnarling shrieks, the badgering is upon the woods once more. With the might of all the world’s armies, any plant or rodent crossing on his path is a target for nuclear detonatio…![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/c307d39e-3048-4ec9-b511-12a1a31ba9aa_800x800.png)Tom ShawTom Shaw![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/ff98bcbd-25f7-49a3-81e3-d55c8298e342_1280x853.jpg)](https://www.tom-shaw.uk/the-badgers-path/) [Are We Living In "The Itchy & Scratchy Show"?There’s a running joke that “The Simpsons” is either prophetic or on some next-level predictive programming with the number of world events they have supposedly called correctly. There’s definitely s…![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/c307d39e-3048-4ec9-b511-12a1a31ba9aa_800x800.png)Tom ShawTom Shaw![](https://cdn.mymidnight.blog/a14ac55a4f27472c5d894ec1c3c743d2/substack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com/public/images/2102cc2a-bda4-4887-9494-9932a21f3d0c_1280x720.jpg)](https://www.tom-shaw.uk/are-we-living-in-the-itchy-and-scratchy/)