Courage spreads. One hand raised gives five more hands permission.

Rooms are full of people waiting to find out whether a thing is allowed. The first question, the first objection, the first person to volunteer does not simply act; it changes what everyone else believes is possible. Most silence is not agreement. It is people checking whether anyone else will go first.

Be the first hand sometime this week, in a class or a meeting or a group chat. Say the ordinary thing you assume everyone already knows. You will find out how many people were sitting on the same sentence.