Freedom! --for the most part

You know how there's always something that you picture yourself telling the person that makes you feel the most sad/angry/upset/broken hearted/etc..? It's the kind of thing in an alternate universe, or perfect world, where you would have no fear of saying to them. You'd speak your piece to them, verbally slapping them in the face (which feels fantastic), and then you walk away.
In most of the movies i've watched there is that pivotal moment where the leading role speaks up and says enough. But it's always quick, edited, and shortened, for timing purposes and keeping the movie fast paced so as to not lose the attention that audiences seem to lack the span for nowadays. Then usually after that glorious moment, there is a happy ending. The end.

----WAKE UP!----

(rule)

THIS IS REAL LIFE. Unscripted. Not directed. No 8 minute monologues. No rehearsal. No retakes.

It's not as easy as it seems. Of course it looks epic in your head, but REALLY think about it: The opposition isn't going down without a fight, so they are going to have something to argue back with you. They may be listening but they are not going to hear you.
.......and by the way, you only get one shot at saying the right thing (sorry!). Unfortunately, this is something that you are going to replay in your head as you lay in bed at night - while undergoing reoccurring flashbacks of the incident- wondering why it didn't go the way you pictured it.
BUT (you're welcome)*

----UNLESS----
(exception)

You have an out-of-body experience where you pretty much shock yourself with the words that are shooting out of your mouth like those intense machine guns you see in all those epic war movies that make you wish you were a part of the action. You end up saying the things you cry to your friends about. You say the things that you swore on your own life you would never EVER tell that person. Things that make you feel like you're signing your own death warrant, complete with a grand bonus of embarrassment.
BUT (yeah)*



*(good news!)Speaking up for yourself to your opposition/fear gets easier with practice, i promise. It's seriously not hard at all. Start with small things like something a friend said that bothered you. Then work your way up to the big issues that involve stuff like long-term resentment.

Once you conquer these things, you'll want to run/skip/sprint/prance/gallop (clothing optional) through fields of tall grass because you feel so liberated. Speaking up may not solve the issues at hand, but you will sleep better at night knowing you said what you've been dying to say. You will be able to rest your head on your pillow, feeling free of your own thoughts that kept you up until those early hours of the morning
:)