"When truth is replaced by silence," the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, "the silence is a lie."
Dr. Cornel West used this quote on a PBS show I watched tonight in describing how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. could not stay silent about his feelings on the Vietnam War. (http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/reports/episode-two.html)
It made me wonder how many of us "lie" by keeping silent about our feelings and beliefs. We stay silent to keep the peace, to keep our jobs, to keep from conflict or confrontation, or just because we're too tired to "fight the good fight."
I have to wonder what that silence (selling out) does to our psyche, our soul, our mental health, and our physical well-being.
What are you keeping silent about?
Karl Miller
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