Aung San Suu Kyi speaks after years of arrest.
How do we value our voice? Do we get on our housetops and yell at the top of our lung hoping to be heard? Do we shove our opinions down the throats of those who think differently?
After about seven years of house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi is released. She does not put on camouflage and arm herself with weapons of war. All she has is her ideas of democracy and a voice, a gentle voice. A voice that makes a countries military tremble in their combat boots. That gentle voice has the attention of the World and of its leaders.
Aung San Suu Kyi is a warrior. There is no doubt in my mind. But her warfare is in the realm of communication. She has suffered loss, as any warrior does. Her husband has died halfway around the world from her. Yet she chose to keep up the fight.
It is said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Effective communication can and does move people. How do you value your voice?
Write.
Write your ideas, your thoughts, your poetry, your novel, your short story, your essay, your persuassion, your passion, your dreams.
Write. Dammit, write.
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