Loud and Opinionated

This is something that’s been on my mind lately.

When I was younger, and to an extent, maybe even today, I wonder about people who are so ‘out there’ with their opinions and their views. I really do.

And I don’t mean it in the sense that I think they’re wrong or because I don’t believe what they stand for (though sometimes that might actually be the case).

Instead, I mean it in the sense that some people have something to say about everything.

And only recently am I realising that, that is not a bad thing. It’s every single individual’s right to stand up for what they believe in, to make themselves heard. But within reason, I guess? -> this part is something I’m still figuring out (maybe a separate post about it later)

But getting to the point of this post;

I was born to make ripples. No, I was born to make waves.

I sense it. I feel it.

I have the potential to do it all. It pulsates within me and that’s something I’ve known for a while now.

I don’t want to hold it back anymore.

I want to be opinionated. I want to be LOUD.

I want to see equality, equity and destigmatization.

I want to see growth, education and grace.

I want to see kindness and compassion as much as I want to see self-love and boundaries.

Most of all, I want to set an example by personifying these things.

I don’t want to be a mere mouthpiece for the causes I take up. I want to actually actively engage myself in being that sort of person and/or engaging in those kinds of activities.

But I guess that’s something I’m still pondering on. What do I stand up for? What are my boundaries?

These are questions that I think I already know the answers to, but I can’t be sure yet.

Until then, I’ll do what I can to be as opinionated as I can (within reason), about the things that I believe in.