By amigoponc on Skatehive
Si eres de habla hispana, la versión en español es mejor para ti; debes hacer clic 👉 AQUÍ What a powerful phrase calls out to us today, my dear friend @daily.pompt. ‘Shout quietly!’ is a perfect oxymoron: the impossible command to express an outburst in a restrained manner. On paper it sounds poetic, but in practice it is a slow death sentence. The trap of “shouting quietly” There was a time when I believed myself to be an expert in the art of restraint. I thought that maturity meant being a still pond, no matter how many stones others threw into its depths. I was taught, like so many, that elegance lay in silence and that self-control was our best armour. “Shout quietly!” or “count to a hundred”, I would tell myself when rage rose in my throat like acid. “Shout, but don’t let it show.” And I obeyed the command. Boy, did I obey it. I remember that day. It wasn’t a great tragedy, but one of those little everyday injustices that lodges in you like a splinter. Instead of pulling it out,