Can we really speak?

here is a daily meditation by henri nowen that I read. I'm not sure what the title is, but it's really good stuff:

"Can we only speak when we are fully living what we are saying? If all our words had to cover all our actions, we would be doomed to permanent silence!

Sometimes we are called to proclaim God's love even when we are not yet fully
able to live it. Does that mean we are hypocrites? Only when our own words no longer call us to conversion. Nobody completely lives up to his or her own ideals and visions. But by proclaiming our ideals and visions with great
conviction and great humility, we may gradually grow into the truth we speak.

As long as we know that our lives always will speak louder than our words, we can trust that our words will remain humble."