"Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I've begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything.
I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and look back regretting the moments we didn't speak up. When we didn't say 'I love you.' When we should've said 'I'm sorry.' When we didn't stand up for ourselves or someone who needed help...
Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.
What you say might be too much for some people. Maybe it will come out all wrong and you'll stutter and you'll walk away embarrassed, wincing as you play it all back in your head. But I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest.
So say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say it in a letter you'll never send or in a book millions might read someday. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying 'I could've, but it's too late now.'
There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know that you need to say, you'll know it.
I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now."
After reading this, my first thoughts are about the songs on her album and the messages she has sent to people from her past. I think about my own life and the things I wish I could say to people or wish people would say to me. I've decided that I'm going to add this to my Bucket List--to speak now, to tell people how I feel in the moment. It's never too late to call up an old friend and tell them you miss them, to let someone know you've finally forgiven them, to ask for forgiveness, to tell someone you love them. Like Taylor said, you don't want to look back on your life with regrets and wish you had said something. Then again, you don't want to look back on your life and wish you hadn't said something either. So think. Use your words for kindness and love and not to harm someone. And, as they say, speak now or forever hold your peace.
