Did you ever do that? I know I did. I used to whisper just below the din of a crowd. Like the time at the school dance I asked my crush of the moment “will you go out with me?” The loud music stifled my words before they could reach her ears. Or against the white noise and clatter of the old oscillating fan in my bedroom when I was an angry teen I would mutter horrible, mean things to my parents just down the hall.
I was caught in these moments where I wasn’t brave enough to be heard but, I was at the very least brave enough to say. Sounds cowardly I know but looking back, I think I was working up the nerve so that one day I might be able to ask out the girl, tell off my old man or stand up for someone else. For most my adult life I’ve done ok. I’ve held my ground and spoken my mind.
But I find myself whispering again…or worse yet, saying nothing at all.
This blog is my practice. Against the crowd and noise of millions of bloggers and other social media I will speak. And though it seems to me that a blog should be more virtuous or for some noble cause, this one is just for me. I hope you dear readers of whom have yet to read this as I write it, may find these stories, essays, articles or whatever falls out of my head entertaining, comical…maybe even helpful. I even believe cosmically if you’re reading this that some twist of fate, some divine plan of the Universe has unfolded and brought us together. This is where I will learn to Yell in Crowds without fear or embarrassment.
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