Speechlessly Powered Up

It is said that one rarely knows their true strength, and that it is only in times of adversity that this strength is discovered. The famous illustration for this being the value of a teabag which only becomes realized when hot water is added. I guess this is at least halfway true, since most people do not know that they have the ability to fight until they are left with no choice. But what about the other, lesser discussed side of the coin.

There are so many people that fall into a category I call 'mirror vocalists'. These are the ones that seemingly lose their voices during conflict but can deliver the most powerful and well intended monologue when looking into their mirror at home. These people can stare into that 'other world' and say the most intentionally hurtful and piercing things 'to themselves' but the moment they find themselves engaged in conflict they withdraw into a most incomprehensible state of speechlessness.

These are the ones that tend to get overlooked, trampled on and just plain taken advantaged of. Those that know these people often wonder if it is because they cannot fight back or rather because they don't know how to or are afraid to unleash the evidence of what they are really capable of.

What most people however seldom consider is that these are in fact perhaps the most powerful people of all. They possess the power of the unknown, the unsaid and the unrevealed. They are skillful in the art of hiding their thoughts and controlling their actions. They leave everyone wondering where that line in the sand will be drawn before they explode thereby releasing all that they bottle inside.

Maybe this is a form of genius, maybe this is something we can all learn from, or maybe they're just plain afraid to be themselves...in which case I would be afraid of them also.