Although I’m not what I would call a timid person, I have always been very careful about not offending someone else. I often worried that what I would say would be taken the wrong way. Because of this, I usually did not voice my opinion. (At least when it came to bigger issues, especially political…) I also have never been sure enough of myself to really stand up for certain things.
The past few years though I have slowly been finding my voice and figuring out my opinion. It all started because my strong opinion about an issue was completely reversed. This started a snowball effect. I started researching that particular issue more and developing my own opinion about it, not just what I had always believed. I began doing this about other political and non-political issues.
I now have actual opinions about certain issues. If someone asked me, I can tell them. Of course I don’t have everything figured out so I’m still remaining open-minded and soaking in as much information as I can. It’s exciting though to see how I’ve grown.
I am so jealous. I didn’t get an “I Voted” sticker.
I have a couple, I’ll give you one of mine. ;)