Your voice in the world.

I am inspired by Lupita Nyong’o, as she spoke after receiving an award for “12 Years A Slave,” before the Oscars, about beauty, and how our usual conception of beauty limits us as women.

Such an eloquent voice against the usual. Now, it is time for your voice.

You say, the problems are too great.
You say, I’m only one person.
You say, I’m just one woman.
You say, my voice doesn’t matter.
You say, my one voice couldn’t possibly make a difference.

You are wrong.

I have been a soloist and I have sung in choirs. Yes, there is power in the solo voice, and beauty and profound expression. The skilled soloist thrills us, raises the hair on the nape of our necks, inspires us with a profound vision of something more.

But the power of a choir is something else entirely. Many voices raised together in the service of music can also raise the hair on the back of your neck; move you to tears; fill you with beauty; inspire you with a profound vision of something more. The effect of a choir is actually deeper and MORE profound than the effect of a soloist. It is simply easier for us to ascribe this effect to one person we can name and follow and, yes, set at a distance.

It is easier for us to say to ourselves, I can’t be such a soloist. I don’t have the skill, talent, charisma, abilities, training, whatever.

It seems harder for us to say, I can be part of a choir that can do the same thing. My voice is important, valuable, crucial.

It seems easier to say, my voice is too small. My voice doesn’t matter.

Yet, actually, we know it is not truly easier to silence ourselves. When we allow these internal parts to silence us, when we silence ourselves, the cost is deep and great.

The cost is to deny our true selves, our authentic voice, our mission, our deepest beliefs.

The truth is there is only part of ourselves that says my voice doesn’t matter. There is a deeper self that knows its mission that must be undertaken, its true part to play, its authentic voice that must be expressed. We feel that deeper longing to play our part, to voice our gifts, to contribute to the change we know we need.

It is the part that whispers in the night with dreams of a world that works for everyone; a world that promotes partnership instead of domination, a world we can bequeath to our children and grandchildren without shame or sheepish apology. The part that knows it is not true to say “There was nothing I could do.”

You do not need to be a soloist. You must simply be part of the choir. Every voice in the choir sings its own part in the service of a greater whole. What 150 voices can create together is ultimately more powerful and profound than what one voice can create alone.

I have been a soloist, and I have sung in a choir. The choir is infinitely more powerful.

Your voice is needed. It is essential that you play your part in the choir if we are to create the change we need.

The time is past when you can excuse yourself by claiming you are not a soloist. Your voice matters. You may no longer sit down and wait for someone else to sing. It is YOUR time to speak out, speak up, speak powerfully, speak your truth. The time is NOW.

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