Voices

Every day I am reminded that there is so much goodness in the world.  The key way I am reminded is through other people - their kindness, compassion, their intelligence that is able to see beyond one little corner of the world, their world.  Seeing this gives me so much hope.  The important thing is for these people (myself included) to be heard, and not let the louder, uglier, more minor in number voices drown out all the other voices, or intimidate the other voices into silence.  I've never had much confidence in expressing a dissenting opinion, but I am learning in my old age!  This issue of equality is more important than my comfort level.