Ponderings…Using your voice

The world can be really noisy, and it can be tempting to stay silent in an attempt to not add to all the racket. I have found, however, that often the loudest things out there are commonly the most detrimental, as volume is often used to cause harm to others in some way. I have also found that sometimes, someone being particularly vocal or insistent doesn't necessarily make them the most accurate source of information, it just makes them louder than everyone else. The ability to differentiate truth from volume is important.  We each have a voice, and we can use our voice to make the world a more pleasant place, or we can use our voice to tear others down and make the world unpleasant for