The Weight of Silence
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The Weight of Silence
Silence is not always golden. Sometimes it presses like stone. Sometimes it is the sound of being erased.
There are moments in life when silence speaks louder than any word.
Sometimes that silence is the route to pure peace.
Sometimes silence protects us, shelters us, restores us. That is when silence is golden.
But more often, silence is heavy. It is not voluntary. It is the silence of being dismissed.
We have carried that silence more than once, and often without even recognizing it because those who silence you are smooth, measured, practiced in the art of erasure.
Many of us have carried that silence: in meetings where our words were not invited, in interviews where our stories were reduced to a checkbox, and in conversations where the decision was already made before we spoke.
That silence convinces you your work doesn’t matter.
That silence convinces you your presence is optional.
That silence convinces you your story is disposable.
It is a quiet erosion, a slow theft of dignity.
Those who silence us are often the ones who hold power over us. Someone who decides your voice is inconvenient.
Perhaps your perspective interferes with an agenda. Perhaps your knowledge stirs their insecurity. And so, you are silenced.
Meanwhile, your awareness grows. Your knowledge sharpens. And because of that, the silence imposed on you must become more finite, more deliberate.
Like I wrote before: Faces aren’t proof
Your image is distorted before you even speak.
When you finally raise your voice, the seed has already been planted against you.
The audience has been conditioned.
Your words arrive, but they do not land.
You are heard but not listened to.
You are present but already erased.
To silence you, they must first gain access to your information, before anyone else. They study it, work around it, reshape it. And by the time you fight for your voice, you are already inconvenient. You are already a risk. Because your truth could uncover the darker side of their doing.
At that point, you must be silenced permanently. Not because your words lack power, but because they carry too much.
And yet, this is where the turn comes.
The best thing that can happen is distance. Because who truly wants to spend their time among the manipulative, the ones who wish no good for you or your family?
At least now, you are in silence. But this silence is different. This silence is golden. It is the silence of freedom, the silence of no longer being bound to their schemes.
Remember this: Be silent by choice, not by force. Do not give more than is needed. There is no obligation to offer your opinion when it will only be twisted or dismissed.
Choose the golden silence.
The silence that protects.
The silence that restores.
The silence that frees.
Because silence, when chosen, is not weakness, it is power.
Lee este artículo en español: El Peso del Silencio
SoulDraftLife by Francisco Gallardo – September 26, 2025
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