The safest thing to do in life is to be silent. To not speak about contentious topics, even if we have a strong viewpoint.
Sometimes silence may be appropriate, but at other times, it is not. Those other times we are silent when we should speak out are called "sins of omission."
If we are worried about what other people might think about what we say or write then we are being controlled by them, and in a weak position.
People who know our souls, our true soul mates, will not cut us out of their lives just because of a difference of opinion.
So speak freely.
The world can only grow through more openness and communication.
It is secrecy that is the danger, as JFK warned in his famous "secret societies" speech.
That doesn't mean airing our dirty laundry, but instead speaking of the matters that are important to us and concern us.
We may get things wrong, and it's OK for people to correct us.
How else will we know we are wrong unless we share our thoughts?
How else will we grow in our understanding?
Of course, experience is #1 in importance, but communication is also essential.
That communication could be with a child, a disabled adult, a dog, a mouse, or a cat.
Any living thing can teach us.
Sometimes observing is the most powerful thing we can do.
Even in observation, there can be communication.
The trees communicate, not through words but simply by being.
All things are singing their song of existence.
We have every right to sing ours.
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