Mute Opinion

I wonder how it would be had I been a loquatious person. A talktative one. Umm....Lets see.

I would get to hear my voice a lot, so the next time my own voice echos back to me when I'm on the phone I wont wonder " What.. thats how I sound ..weird ".

I would have people look towards me more often than at others.I would instantly come up with topics to talk about in a group.

There have been so many times when Im with a person and conversations going on.. and then he says things and then I add things, but he has said more than his fair share of things, so
now its my turn after the you know 'awkward silent moment' in the conversation to say something but nothing pops in my mind. Absolutely nothing. Sometimes I even conciously make an
effort to think what topic could interest us, but in vain.So well Im left there. Staring. Wondering whether that guy thinks i am some boring geek .
But it doesnt bother me at all. I dont 'wish' that I was talktative. Because its not that I dont have thoughts. I just invariably speak only when necessary. In a similar manner, I have
opinions and they do come out in a healthy conversation. May be I don't like giving everyone my opinion without being asked for it. I beleive staying silent at the right time is just as
important as saying something when it matters. At times being silent also lets you slip away leaving the interpretation to the listener itself. Silence is as powerful as speech.

I get along well with talkative people. Two silent people and two talkative people wouldn't make a constructive conversation. In the former it would become boring and in the latter each
one would probably not bother what the other was saying. I know i'm a good listener. People who talk need people who listen as well. Its interesting how the world is full of such opposite
pairs. Sometimes I wonder whether god gave me such big protruding ears for the same reason. May be I'm meant to be a good listener after all !! HeHe !

What we silent people dont 'speak' out of our mouths obviously finds ways through our facial expressions and eyes. Sometimes through a smile that effectively says " I agree". Sometimes
the same smile says " I dont think so ". Off course the person should know us to interpret which one is it. And its not difficult even after knowing us a little. For all the others who don't
know us, we enjoy the stealth fully.

Silence spawns thought. Sometimes constructive at times completely random and unnecessary . People have asked me where I was lost many a times. Thats because my mind takes a
thread and starts developing a thought process on it which continues till its interrupted. A word said, a picture seen, a sound heard is enough to initiate a potential thread. Such things
happen often if i'm bored or when i'm alone. When I am interested , I am listening, even if I am staring into the air, I know i am listening.Thought can get you involved a lot. So i also
appear serious to many people. I was once asked why I look depressed. My teacher once said " Why are you sad shantanu ". I love my life. I love the way I am. People !! Silence is not
sadness. Its peace.

Silence is a tool, not a handicap. Silence is not a fear to speak but a mere ignorance to waste ones energies on something unneccesary. Silence can instill peace at times and be enraging
at others. Silence can be just as loud as anything else. Silence isnt the absence of knowledge or opinion, it infact is an interestingly hidden mute opinion.