Should we Speak UP?

Cathy Caprino in her article 10 Ways To 'Brave Up': How To Rise Up, Speak Up And Stand Up Boldly ForYourself, wrote: ‘We don’t come out of the womb afraid to speak up for ourselves – it’s a learned behaviour.’ A statement that couldn't be more accurate.

Don’t you remember the time where, as a child, you used to speak your mind all the time? The time when you were not afraid to say the truth and disagree with your friends? Don’t you remember the time when you were curious about everything and not only spoke the truth but also searched for it?

And people would often say ‘you are mature for your age’. However, they wouldn't always appreciate and accept your opinion. Your friends starting to avoid you (even though you said the truth and didn’t mean to hurt them) as well as your parents advising you to stop expressing your opinion: ‘because you won’t have any friends left in the end’. was the point when you decided to change. You decided to tell people to do what they want while being afraid to speak your mind.

Jane Shure defines this as ‘Copping out, when we avoid doing something because we’re scared of the consequences — retaliation, losing position, or in some other way of becoming as a result of our speaking up.’ She also adds that ‘we’re often harmed by our decisions to comply and remain quiet.’

Isn’t it strange that as we grow older we are afraid to speak our mind?
But if we can’t do it now, how would our children do so?

Speaking up doesn’t necessarily mean you are always right. But if your opinion is honest, well researched, discussed with others and not just blindly following the masses, then you should proudly express it.

When we have the courage to express what we believe in; when we are brave enough to fight for what we stand for, we create the world WE WANT AND NEED. We built a better world for future generations without settling for what those few in charge have planned and prepared for us.

Be Brave and Speak UP!

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