Those unsaid words..

There have been a lot of times in our life when either we're asked something we don't want to answer or something that we want to but choose not to answer. Unfortunately, in both these situations some one gets hurt.
A friend ones told me, that the most difficult thing for him to do is not say things thats lingers within him. I always thought its just something he chose to believe, but recently I started to observe how much it hurts to hold back those thoughts, that you think, are meant to be heard. Isn't it important that what we think or believe, if ever, is challenged then should be vouched for?
I don't mean to start babbling out every word or thought jumping in and out of us; what I want to explain is how those mysterious smiles or awkward silences could be better handled with simple words.
Its easier to shout the first thing that comes to your mind, but the tougher part is to say actually what we feel. You see our mind has prenotions about absolutely everything and we usually ignore them.
I know you've heard it alot that some things are better unsaid but then its nothing more than a cliche; an excuse for those who regret hiding back their feelings. If something means so important, that the very thought of saying it out loud gives you goosebumps, then trust me its worth a shot to just express. Then again those prenotions aren't always correct, right? So at times it is relieving to know that what we didn't say was better kept so.
I have done both of those mistakes, more than just a couple of times. And I realised that you can obviously not un-do if you said something wrong but you can always make up for the damage caused. On the other hand things that you could have said but didn't, are simply a miss. Its like there's always a time for things and when you leave something unsaid, you loose that one precious moment that was given as a opportunity for you to make or break it.

It hurts both ways, to be expecting things that are never said and to not say that we so much want to. What holds us back is fear. Simple fear of committing a mistake, of being down-right wrong. And eventually, some things are always unsaid.
Take a chance and open you're heart to those you want to; 'cause those unsaid words, hurt the most.