Sukhpreet+B’s+OpEd+Article


 * "SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY" **
 * // Sukhpreet B. //**

Everyone has had a moment in life when they say, “I wish I had said that.” Everyone has had that feeling when you know things could have been different if you had spoken up. Life has given opportunities; we have all either turned our faces to look the other way or taken them. Many a times, I find myself amidst two situations where I play out the part of what would happen if I said something and the other side, what would happen if I didn’t say anything. Risks are about taking the chance and accepting what the outcome will be. Our elders have said that sometimes things are better understood when unsaid. However, John Mayer disagrees and says, “Say what you need to say.”

When the one you adore, adores someone else, when the one you want, wants someone else…What is to be said? Thing expressed are in dread. You know that no matter what happens to the earth, even if the sun comes crashing down, even if the planets turn around that he won’t stop loving her...and in the background you hear, “ You'd better know that in the end, It’s better to say too much, then never say what you need to say again.” And you wonder in your heart what it is that keeps your lips shut, what it is that tells your mind to stop, what it is when your breath stops, what it is when you close your eyes and sigh… Unsaid words are spoken through smiles, but you have one fear. What if he doesn’t want to hear? What if the lips aren’t smiling at you? And the eyes aren’t speaking to you? And you won’t ever know, because you were too scared to speak and say what you had to say.

Life’s too short to think about everything thoroughly. It’s too short to ponder and wonder.

You have to go out of your way and


 * __ SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY __**