A world with unfiltered candor…. What would it be like?
Candor: the quality of being open and honest in expression.
Open? Perhaps not.
Today’s society allows us to hide.
Hide our feelings, our thoughts, our emotions and our fears.
Why be honest when you can hide behind a computer screen, or even a phone?
Why attempt to be welcoming and warm, when you can post aggressive, meaningless arguments on Facebook, or retweet a hateful post on Twitter?
The written word is a blessing and a curse. Because of it, we’re not required to actually speak to a person. “I’ll just text them how I’m feeling. I would never say that to their face.” What a world. What an idea.
Speaking of ideas, the average person has over 50,000 thoughts in one day. What good are thoughts if they don’t contribute? They may contribute to my actions, but sharing that opinion with others? Absurd. Not socially acceptable.
If honesty is the best policy, why are we allowed to conceal thoughts, feelings, and attitudes towards situations? Why are some of the most brilliant people allowed to keep it all in? We call it introversion. Society has made it into a novelty.
When did being shy become an attractive trait? When did a lack of communication and expression become desired?
Puzzling, isn’t it?
What would happen if every thought we had was said out loud? Would people’s morals improve? There would be no such thing as the “silent treatment”. Secrets wouldn’t exist. Imagine if every thought was simply a piece of a bigger puzzle.
Thoughts are funny things. They scramble continuously. Even writing this, there are constant distractions. Those that are verbal, and those that are forever silent. Continuous. Never ending. Seamless.
Every small piece of our day comes together into a bigger picture. From the moment we wake, to the subconscious sleeping images. We don’t remember how they fit together, or when we started to see the end result.
Every person, experience, moment, thought. It all contributes.
If we said every thought out loud, would we start to think more positively? There’s things we would never say to people’s faces, so why do we think them?
Where do these negative thoughts come from? They affect our mood, our mindset, and our opinions.
What if, maybe, we worked on not only what came from our lips, but from the source? Shaping our thoughts just might change our outlook on the world around us.
Positive people have positive thoughts. Negative people focus on the hurt and hate.
You have the choice to shape your thoughts.
You have 50,000 pieces to fit together today. What will your puzzle look like?
Until next time, arrivederci.
I’m looking forward to sharing more adventures this summer. Stay tuned on my blog, or my sassy Snapchat/Twitter @fannah_hord
Hannah Ford
Texas Tech University – agricultural communications major
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