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You Have a Unique Voice, So Use It
“Don’t let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice, so use it. Speak up. Raise your hands. Shout your answers. Make yourself heard. Whatever it takes, just find your voice, and when you do, fill the damn silence.” — Meredith Grey
For the most part of our lives, we keep quiet. We don’t use our voice, we don’t speak up, we don’t raise our hands. I think it’s because we’re afraid to show emotions, we are afraid to be wrong, and we are afraid to not be understood.
But we have to remember that there is no right answer, there’s no right thing to say and there’s no right emotion to feel. Every one of us has the right to feel every emotion and everyone has a right to speak up if they feel like speaking up.
When things are wrong, when people are doing the wrong thing, when people are saying the wrong thing, when people are hurting somebody any of us should feel like we have the chance to say something, a chance to speak up. Without being judged or misunderstood.
All of us have our own unique ways, our own unique opinions, and every one of us has a different perspective on life, so speaking up and saying your mind can either help somebody or hurt somebody, but in the process, everyone can learn something from…
