Some people live their lives fearing what people will say. Many may call this insecurity; I plainly call this regret.

People express themselves through different things; some don’t express themselves at all. Personally, I never shut up, which is a good thing and a bad thing. There's a thing in your brain called a “filter” that basically reviews what you say before you say it. Honestly, I don’t use mine as much as I should.

There are children in the world who speak out and stand up for what is right. In some situations, this shows a great deal of courage even though, in some countries, that’s considered an act of disobedience. Malala Yousafzai, a young woman from Pakistan, who broke her silence, stood up for herself, and many other young women. She ended up being shot. She wrote a book called, “ I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.” Malala defied the rules, but she was brave enough to do so. She was greatly injured, but then she recovered and got the education she deserved.

If you ask 10 people if they would do what Malala did, give  the risk of dying, most likely all 10 of them would say, no.

  Every day kids in the world get bullied because they won't speak up; I have learned that you can’t judge people because they don't talk. I am a girl, who's pretty well known; I have great friends, a great family and what I think is a pretty fantastic life. Some people aren’t fortunate enough to have that. I say what I think, without a single thought sometimes, I’ve realized  everyone isn't able to do that. Why? Because they’re simply afraid, I think regretting what you say is better than regretting not saying anything at all.

Someone very close to me is terrified to speak up because she’s terrified of what people will say, and how they will look at her. Sometimes I wish I could give some of my loudness and craziness, to the people I care about, and take some of their quietness and calmness. Sadly that's not possible.

I was taught that you don’t really know what a person is going through until you walk in their shoes.

I wish I could walk in their shoes to realize how much stuff she wants to express.
I have learned that people can be mute without actually being mute.