Thought-Provoking: On Importance

A friend of mine, Elizabeth Bear, twittered earlier about a sign in a shop window. The sign itself reads: “Your voice is more important thank your fear”.

I find this quite thought-provoking, really. How many of us haven’t spoken of our opinions or stood up for our beliefs solely through fear? Whether it be the fear of the consequences, of being laughed at, of not being taken seriously — fear has a big part to play in why we don’t do things… And, sometimes, why we do.

But why have a voice if one is not to use it? Why form individual opinions and beliefs if one is not going to share? Why care what other people think if one is not going to enter into debate, offer suggestions, comments, disagreements, agreements — heck, just voicing your thoughts?

The more I think about this, the more I know there’s probably a longer post in the making here now — but that’s for another day. I’m going to let it percolate in the recesses of my mind for as long as it needs. However, in the meantime I ask — What have you not voiced recently? And, as a sidenote: Was it worth it?

And then, even more interesting — How about we remove two words from that sentence? How about we open it out into all its possibilities and glory? Let’s try it:

Your ______ is more important than your _______ .

What would you fill the spaces with? Why?

How about… Your belief is more important than your doubt. Your happiness is more important thank your workload. Your instinctive heart is more important than your logical mind. Your dreams are more important than your should-do’s…

So… What say you? What answers do you have? Where do those answers take you?

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