From the mind of critic: “If we’re afraid of putting ourselves out there, are we afraid of letting our voices be heard? Do we believe there are people way more educated, knowledgable, and experienced whose voices are the very foundation of the ether, so why would anybody listen to us? Or do we believe our voices do matter, but we’re so concerned with our message having a positive effect, that we spend all our time looking for the right in, instead of standing up and taking advantage of opportunities, however small their wiodows might be? Being judged is something nobody likes, because we’re honed down and put inside a little box. However, It’s not the act of being judged that guides our future, but how we react to it. If we’re afraid of what somebody might say or think about us, we might think a cocoon or a bubble is the safest place. Sometimes this fear is a bigger roadblock to our progress, than all judegmental people combined. Once we realize that standing up and speaking out might be scary, but freeing at the same time because we’re destroying our self-imposed roadblocks by being honest with ourselves, we’ll see there’s a reason that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself” is an old cliche. Putting ourselves out there might end in failure, but if we never put ourselves out there, success will never be a possibility. What do we have to lose bseides our self-imposed roadblocks?” 🙂