Speak Up!!

This speech by the character Elle Woods from the movie "Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White and Blonde", set me thinking. How many times in life had I sat back and stifled the voice inside me, knowing things were happening against what I would've wanted; thinking, perhaps they know better. Afraid to speak up. Afraid to stand up to what I believed in, fearing it would be impolite, or rude to interrupt. But haven't I always regretted my silence and my inability to voice my concerns later on? I've spent hours cursing the situation, blaming anything and anyone but myself. But, come to think of it, it would've just taken a right word spoken at the right time, or in other words, belief in my conscience, to set everything right. That's why people say, follow your heart. Follow your very own Jiminy Cricket, your conscience.

I hope that this speech will help me remember, from this day forward, to use my voice and to SPEAK UP.

Speech by Elle Woods – Legally Blonde 2

You see there’s a salon in Beverly Hills. It’s really fancy and beautiful. But it’s impossible to get an appointment. I mean, unless you are Julia Roberts or one of the girls from France, you can just forget it. But one day, they called me, they had an opening. So I was gonna finally get the chance to sit in one of those sacred beauty chairs. I was soooo excited. But then the colorist gave me brassy brajeen instead of harlo honey. The shampoo girl washed my hair with spiral perm solution instead of color intensive moisturing conditioning shampoo. Finally the stylist gave me a bob, with bangs.

Suffice to say, it was just wrong, all wrong, for me.

First I was angry. And then I realized, my anger was completely misdirected. I mean, this wasn’t the salon’s fault. I had sat there and witnessed this injustice and I just let it happen. I didn’t get involved in the process. I forgot to use my voice. I forgot to believe in myself. But now I know better. I know that one honest voice can be louder than a crowd. I know that if we loose our voice or if we let those who speak for on our behalf, compromise our voice, well then this country, this country is in for a really bad haircut. So speak up, America. Speak up!! Speak up for the home of the brave. Speak up for the land of the free gift with purchase. Speak up, America!! Speak up!!

And remember, you are beautiful.