You see, particularly with the rise of blogs, everybody who has ever had an opinion has found an outlet. Even I have fallen into this net. Having read other blogs though, I am sometimes amazed at how little actual thought goes into a blog. Some are ravings against the most current perceived aggressor, others are blow by blow descriptions of people's day, as if posterity cared they ate a cobb salad for lunch. Others start with promise then are forgotten, part of the detritus of a lifetime. I have also noticed this trend in the media. If you are branded a liberal, you repeat the liberal message. If you are branded a conservative, you repeat the conservative message.
The conclusion I have come to is that there is very little original thought anymore. Many people are so busy repeating what they hear or shouting so loudly they can't hear that no one really has time to invest in listening quietly, thinking about what has been said, then opening their mouths only when they have an informed personal opinion.
Many of my role models are quiet people. They speak only when they have listened, researched and thought out what they want to say. When they do speak, many listen because they know that these people speak with wisdom. I, too, will speak when I can speak with wisdom.
