I'm speaking from a completely singular perspective when I say,
I think every person has a desire, if not natural tendency,
to express their thoughts to others.
Maybe that's just the way I am,
and no one else shares this sentiment.
But it seems to me that even those
who aren't audibly opinionated
still have something they're passionate about,
something to contribute to discussion,
and they have a longing to do so.
The back side of this is that, for the majority of people,
again, many of them being in the not 'audibly opinionated' group,
have a difficult time doing this.
And it's not because we lack eloquence,
diction, the required vocabulary,
or literacy for that matter..
It's because we're unsure of how others will react
to our passionate way of thinking.
What we perceive to be others' opinions of us
severely affects how we act and what we say.
"I am not who I think I am, I am who I think YOU think I am."
The most important things are the hardest to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of,
because words diminish them --
words shrink things that seemed limitless
when they were in your head
to no more than living size when they're brought out.
But it's more than that, isn't it?
The most important things lie too close
to wherever your secret heart is buried,
like landmarks to a treasure
your enemies would love to steal away.
And you may make revelations that cost you dearly
only to have people look at you in a funny way,
not understanding what you've said at all,
or why you thought it was so important
that you almost cried while you were saying it.
That's the worst, I think.
When the secret stays locked within,
not for want of a teller,
but for want of an understanding ear.
Stephen King
I think every person has a desire, if not natural tendency,
to express their thoughts to others.
Maybe that's just the way I am,
and no one else shares this sentiment.
But it seems to me that even those
who aren't audibly opinionated
still have something they're passionate about,
something to contribute to discussion,
and they have a longing to do so.
The back side of this is that, for the majority of people,
again, many of them being in the not 'audibly opinionated' group,
have a difficult time doing this.
And it's not because we lack eloquence,
diction, the required vocabulary,
or literacy for that matter..
It's because we're unsure of how others will react
to our passionate way of thinking.
What we perceive to be others' opinions of us
severely affects how we act and what we say.
"I am not who I think I am, I am who I think YOU think I am."
The most important things are the hardest to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of,
because words diminish them --
words shrink things that seemed limitless
when they were in your head
to no more than living size when they're brought out.
But it's more than that, isn't it?
The most important things lie too close
to wherever your secret heart is buried,
like landmarks to a treasure
your enemies would love to steal away.
And you may make revelations that cost you dearly
only to have people look at you in a funny way,
not understanding what you've said at all,
or why you thought it was so important
that you almost cried while you were saying it.
That's the worst, I think.
When the secret stays locked within,
not for want of a teller,
but for want of an understanding ear.
Stephen King
