Growing up, children were taught to “be seen and not heard.” It was a matter of being polite around adults. But it is also important to teach children to speak out, especially women and, especially, if they are facing an injustice.
Amongmy few regrets in life are the times when Ididn’t speak up, negotiate harder on acontractor present myself with my fullvoice of confidence. Odds were the outcomes did not work in my favor.
Often we don’t speak out because we fear repercussions. But the worse repercussion is not being the change you want to see or the person you wish to become.
Martin Luther King. Jr
I admire people like MartinLuther King who spoke out for those who wereafraid or unableto do so. His message today is as strong as ever, although I worry that much of the world doesn’t seem to want tolisten. Freedom of speech is invaluable, and the price somepeople pay is insufferable. Around the world, century after century, we have seen the sad results when the world sits back and watches the wrong side of history unfoldand does notstep up and take action and speak out to raise awareness.
I don’t think we have the right to remain silent when we have the choice to have a voice and make positive change,
I say in my first book,Getting Things Off My Chest, “It took losing my breasts to find my voice.” Hopefully it will not take anything as drastic for you to find your voice. Your voice can be shared in words, actions, creativity..whatever. Just don’t let it go to waste and make sure people are listening.
Martin Luther
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. – Martin Luther (1483-1546) Theologian/Activist
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