"Speak your mind, don't keep it all bottled up inside," is an age-old solicited and unsolicited advice that I get from family and friends. "Ignore it and it will soon pass," is another advice that is conveniently passed around, whether you like it or not.
Both are sound advice but then when is it time to follow one advice and not the other? What if you reach your saturation point, what happens after? Do you really let it all simmer up inside you until you can't hold it in any longer?
As a mom, a wife, a daughter, a relative, and a friend, one is burdened with the task of trying to listen to other people while I try to make things work, smile and nod at the right time and say the right thing at the right moment. You ask me if everything is okay, I answer back with a resounding YES. Little do you know, however, that I am starting to harbor resentment, doubt, and even hurt deep inside because I am starting to feel like a person whose feelings are often times overlooked.
I am a person who has her own thoughts, feelings, and desires ------and I want these to be fulfilled too. I try not to think too much about myself instead I try to focus on the positive side of life, but then there is a question that begs an answer, "what if????"
