We only live this life once

We only live this life once ....why waste it scared of other people's opinions or reactions towards us? As I grow older, I come to realize just how much I've let stuttering limit me. I'm not confident in my voice, and therefore when I do speak, it's with a lack of confidence. I might whisper if someone next to me asks me a question in a large group setting. I mumble and don't enunciate. (I wonder if that has to do with other fluency issues or just a learned lack of confidence in speaking). But that ends now. I'm more important than other people's reactions or opinions of me. This fear no longer has a hold on me. Wishing everyone a complete confidence in their speech, and more importantly, confidence in what they want to say.