This is where I share a quote that I copied into a journal a long time ago, because it helped me think of something in a different way or inspired me to try to think differently.

And I think one idea I had related to the curious quote was, I think I'm going to take a picture of my journal

and put it on the website to help you have a visual of where these quotes are coming from.

And then you can also see how most, I think it's most of them are,

were photocopied and taped into the journal,

which I explained in the last episode.

Tonight's quote is, it's very short.

It is, silence is the door of consent.

And the source I had for that was it just said North African saying.

So let me...

I reword this to what it basically means to me.

It, to me it means,

like by not saying something when I see or hear something inappropriate, then I am allowing it to happen.

Well, not just allowing it to happen, but in a way I'm supporting it.

I, when I first learned about, I became aware of this, I heard a term associated with

doing this, like when you, when you see something, hear something that you don't agree with, but you don't do or say anything.

That the term I heard, oh, I've heard, is passive collusion.

Which just really makes me feel like I've committed a crime, because that term sounds so serious, which is good, like it, I, by that term being so serious and almost condemning to my behavior, it helps to motivate me.

I think that some of the basic situations that I'm thinking about are situations,

are like situations, maybe like,

bullying situations. Now, if you see someone that tends to get, when I use that term, all I picture is the stereotypical, you know, junior high bully, taking some kids lunch money.

But I think maybe just mean people because I think we all encounter, like, mean, or inappropriate people at all ages and in all settings.

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