Margaret looks back with amazement at how mute she was. She says she did not even know how to own her convictions, and that somewhere along the way she had absorbed the idea of not being permitted to want something. I told her it feels so much easier as a teenager to mute ourselves than to go against the grain. Maybe you have a want that went quiet a long time ago.
She Didn't Know How to Own Her Convictions Out Loud
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