When Being Careful Starts Silencing Your Voice

I can totally relate to what is happening in our world today as regards to people getting easily offended. It has happened a lot of times to me and to people around, many of us are slowly becoming quick to anger by words or actions that we don't like. Before now, a lot of things were overlooked or just corrected by a cool approach.

Personally, I think I've also evolved with the world in this regard but it's from the aspect of minding what I say or do so I don't get another offended. I am the kind of person who is mostly calm and love my peace but recently I learnt that I've been able to do that all these while because I tend to hold back my words or not take some actions.

And I did that a lot because I've experienced many times what it means to say or do something another finds offensive, when you've said it or done it out of being kind or without even thinking it through. I always see it as just words or actions taken from a place of innocence, rarely from a place of intentionality or much thoughts.

In the world today, people get easily offended and that is because many have lost control over their words and don't find meaning in thinking before they take actions especially when it has to do with another person. A lot can go wrong with just words said or the wrong action taken and being mindless about it is where it could all go wrong.

So it's an advice that people become more mindful of the words they say or actions they take, at least, to reduce the chances of offending people. So when one feels restricted or limited because they understood that someone gets offended when they talk or do something, it's a good cue to be more mindful of what you say/do.

But should that stop you from saying what should be said or do what should be done? I don't think so. Sometimes, words said without much thoughts are more honest and shows clearly who the person is. It's because it's not from a place of pretence and sometimes, it's even an innocent saying or action. That should also be considered.

So a better way to not lose our voice is simply using our voices anyways. We can't keep shut when there are words to be said and we can't do nothing when there's a lot to be done. The important but unspoken rule to hold on to in-between is, be more kind, calm and human when you voice out your thoughts or take the action.

If we don't do that, we would have more people losing themselves in spaces they don't feel welcome because they simply can not say what needs to be said because they fear they might offend someone. So long the motive isn't to offend someone, I'll suggest we still voice it out calm and hope for the best from a mature mind.