Shyness, not a weakness!

Shyness, not a weakness!

By Vincent Marion

We all know someone in our friendship, our family, our work or our class someone who has that small thing which is to be timid. We all know what that means: difficulty to talk with stranger, to make new friend and speaking in front of a bunch of people. Some other people who are more brave will say that they have no reason to be shy and they should fight that weakness. But, is shyness equal weak? Honestly, we should consider it like a quality.

First, timid person are good listener. Actually, they are better than us (by us I don’t mean me) for that because they take more time for observation instead of doing something else that ask them strength. That is why it is making them good friend, teammate or loving partner. To be shy effectively don’t mean you are antisocial. In that case, I don’t think shyness is a weakness.

Second, when someone takes his time before talking to you, it is not because he hates you or because he is stupid. That person is probably thinking about what she will say. A sign of intelligence is knowing what to say and not saying out loud what you immediately think. So, shy people will normally not shout ugly or meaning things and will found a way to say properly their thought. With a lot of effort, I couldn’t see the problem of being shy in the two last paragraph.

Third, there is not real inconvenience in being shy. You can say you have more risk to have less friend because you will meet stranger less often. But do you need a lot of friend in a lifetime if you are loyal to them? Obviously, no because you don’t need one hundred friends for living your life. Even more, with children, studies and job, it is difficult to see his friends often. The second best argument is that because of shyness, you can lose some opportunity. That’s not truth. Someone reserved will know when to hurry up but we can be sure they will not do it to early. Shyness has never been a problem.

Finally, we shouldn’t say shyness is equal weak. I make this message so the people who are shy could be seen otherwisely.