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How do you use your voice? Our voices are one gift we usually take for granted. I know I do. As an advocate I always try to remember That I don’t speak for myself, I speak for others as well if not more. We all speak too much and say things we shouldn’t. Could you imagine not being able to say anything at all? We need to stop complaining about every little thing and appreciate what we already have. I have been fortunate enough in my travels to meet some wonderful individuals who are non-verbal. They are some of the best people in this world, only we never take the time to notice. I hope this post will shine a light on those we have forgotten. This past year has been difficult for all of us. Imagine being scared and not being able to express it or fully understand it.
This will not be the longest post I have ever written or even the most eloquent, but I pray it makes the biggest difference in changing our collective perspective. Below are 10 simple sentences that we’ve all said, but if we could never have said them at all, our lives would have been greatly affected.
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” Exodus 4:11 NIV
To my dear friends who have never spoken a word, thank you for your patience and understanding from lack of mindfulness. Please take your time reading each statement and let it flow through you.
- “I don’t like the feeling of this shirt.”
- “Why do my shoes not feel right?”
- “How long is this car ride? I have to go to the bathroom. “
- “What happened to that gracious lady who always remembered to put mayonnaise on my sandwiches? “
- “I don’t want to eat this sandwich, it’s so dry.”
- “Your hands are icy.”
- “My ear hurts. I really think I need to go to the doctor.”
- “I don’t want to watch this TV show. Why do they always put it on?”
- “That person really hurt me! Don’t put me with them!”
- “I wish the girl knew how pretty she really was.”
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