Don't Stay Silent

 Don't stay silent. No matter who shouts you down, don't stay silent. "The shroud of the Dark Side is everywhere." Fear makes it stronger, and those spreading this shroud want you to be afraid. They want you to be silent. They want you to be obedient. They want you to be paralyzed. This is the time when we need to speak out the most and not give in to our fear. This is the time when we have to weigh our attachments to possessions, relationships, and even our own lives against what is right, compassionate, and true. Even if you don't think anyone is listening anymore, don't stay silent. As Jesus said, what is it worth if you gain the whole world yet lose your own soul? In the end, you will lose your possessions, you will lose your relationships, you will lose even your life. This comes for everyone regardless of who they are. But what you will keep, what you will never lose, are the choices you made, and you will carry those choices beyond this life even as you must leave everything else behind. Don't stay silent. Don't be enslaved to your fear. Become a mirror showing the whole world its true face, the one it tries so desperately to not look at.