In this day in age, everyone’s voice serves an ultimate purpose, and that is to make a difference. It could be to make a difference in one persons life or to make a difference in a group of individuals lives. Either way, everyone’s voice is important, it needed to grow and cultivate our ever changing culture, but what happens after someone takes your voice? Is everyone really destined to make a difference?

In my opinion, everyone’s voice is destined to make a difference. Everyone is important enough to someone to create a noise within their should that will guide them to greatness. It could the friend that knows you and your needs best, your parents guiding you to your future, or your role model (fictional or realistic) showing you what your true ambitions really are. These are the people that want your voice to be heard, they want it to be singing in their ears that they can make a difference.

Beauty always has its dark side, and sometimes that darkness can take your world and smash it to pieces. Your voice that used to represent a bold, beautiful message can turn into soft murmurs in the distance. How do I know? For twenty- two years I’ve let two people take my voice after I was sexually assaulted over ten years ago. The person I was before is gone, and I let the old me die along with my voice. I chose to be silent, to be scared of everything. I let myself be a victim and think that every bad thing that happened to me was because I was damaged. I even let people make me feel like I was nothing more than a damaged, worthless soul. That’s when I realized recently I am more than a victim. I am a survivor, like every victim of sexual assault is. You know why? We made it through that traumatic experience. We made it through to make a difference in someone else’s life. We all made, and we will be the voices of change in this world.

No matter what in life brings you down, remember this, that your purpose is to bring up someone who is battling the same battle you are. It could be minor like trying to be the best at something, or it could be major like fighting past demons. Once you fight those demons and see the beauty that your own words can bring to this world. Well, that just the beauty in finding your voice