From the time you were a young child, you were told to quiet down, don’t get angry, and to be nice, be polite and respect others.
But the truth is, quieting down meant you shut down.
Not getting angry meant that you got complacent.
Respecting people meant that you ignored the fact that some people didn’t deserve your respect. (Gasp, is that even okay to think that?)
I did it. You did it. We all did it.
Why? Because being nice was supposed to get us the dream life. The picket fence. The raise. The retirement.
What it really got us was suppressed potential. We shut down our power, which is the thing that creates the dream life we’ve chased after.
That’s why you’re here. To change that around and to make things right.
It’s time to get louder. Get angry. And it’s definitely time to respect yourself – all of you, including the way you feel, even when it’s not the proper thing to do.
