Your Voice

Why do you think your voice should not be heard?  What has warranted the silence and inability to speak?  Do you think you're stupid or that your mouth has been sewn shut?  Does it feel as if someone has threaded invisible chord through your lips so that no matter how much you desire to speak, only a muffled sound emits from your throat?

It doesn't have to be this way and it doesn't have to feel this way.  Your voice is powerful and must be heard.  Power doesn't come from how loudly you can SHOUT or who you can bully to be listened to.  Power comes from a quiet resolve and perseverance.  Power comes from a self-assurance that you do have something valid to say; it's the way you say it.  People with great words are confident in what they say and have self-belief.  Believe in who you are and your words will follow.

Don't be fooled into thinking that banal sound bites from Bieber and Jeremy Kyle are the epitome of what we have to say for ourselves.  We are meant to be so much more than that; the human race has been built on fabulous philosophy with eternal words of wisdom and depth.  "Blessed are the peacemakers," "Cogito ergo sum," "Yes we can," "Who, being loved, is poor?"  We are a species of great words and your words can become part of that fabric.

Your words and actions can become entwined in this rich history of humanity.  Your story and journey can become a vibrant, visual masterpiece which shouts into human history of who you are and what you can and did achieve.

Your voice can be a poetic, passionate and positive sound through so much noise.