Being is Better Than Doing

Perhaps Dr. George Wood has forgotten this, but we always thought that during his talk at my college graduation ceremonies that one of the things he said was, "Being is better than doing." I don't recall him saying, "Beeing is better than dueing," only that "being is better than doing." Even so, I am not sure what he meant by that exactly, except perhaps to ease the anxiety of college students who were about to be dumped into the melting pot of adult life without knowing exactly what they would be "doing" next. Their heads might be full of college learning so obviously had something to say about everything even if they lacked the years of job experience and accomplishments and public recognition needed to match their fledgling ambitions, not having earned themselves a place at the table of treaty negotiations or whatever it is. Still, actions speak volumes so I do not know what else to add to that.