I Silenced My Voice

I had SO much to share, but was afraid.

WHY?

I don’t want to upset anyone.

But, if I tune in deeper

Into that quiet place within my soul

I know I silenced my voice because I feared being attacked, shamed or perceived as a bad person from those closest to me or the public.

But I can’t be silent any longer.

We all KNOW cancel culture is REAL!

And I will not participate in it in ANY WAY.

I will not cultivate the energy or actions of that which I say I’m trying to dismantle or eliminate.

I will not intentionally cause harm!

I’ve watched women RUTHLESSLY slander, shame and attack other women with the intention of deplatforming them in the name of their “cause”.

I’ve watched how we now so casually generalize how entire groups of people think and feel based on their skin color, political views, the people they love, gender, medical choices, etc.

To simplify and generalize human beings in this way creates SO much bias that if we don’t change this we will no longer see people as individuals…

We will only see them through the lens of the group we have attached them to!

Each and every person is unique and you should NEVER for a minute assume YOU KNOW what someone thinks or feels until they tell YOU for themselves.

I don’t think for a moment I know anything for sure.

I just know what I FEEL and when something doesn’t FEEL right… I question it!

Without attachment.

I’m always open to seeing things from a new perspective which makes my beliefs extremely fluid.

This tends to make people very uncomfortable, because I don’t blindly follow anyone or anything no matter how loud the fear or the gallery of voices get.

But, what I’m learning is that it’s not and never has been my responsibility to make people comfortable with me.

What IS my responsibility is to live a life of integrity and to take action in the energy that cultivates what I desire for this planet…

Which is that we come together and heal.

That we have compassion and empathy for each other.

And that we seek to understand each other more fully.

This is how sustainable change happens!

So here I AM using my voice again!