Silence Speaks

the little things we take for granted

Sound. Music. The joy of listening, hearing.

Saw a pair of hearing impaired guys on the the way to school. I'm not sure if one would wonder how exactly I spotted them. They obviously don't hang a tag around their necks that says, "Hi, I'm deaf."

The thing was, they were just like any other ordinary 30plus working adults. If not for the rapid signs they were making with their hands, I would have taken one uninterested look and went back to my story book. Couldn't help but notice one of them had a wedding band on his finger.

Then it hit me. I'm not sure which is worse: being born with a hearing handicap or having some traumatic experience that resulted in hearing loss. The latter could be argued as the worser scenario because we all know how losing something as natural as breathing feels. And coping with the aftermath; the sudden loss of sound in your life, the sudden bleakness without sounds, the emptiness literally translates to white space. It's almost like you're living in a whole new dimension where silence reigns. Either way, both cases make you cherish the things that you have without a doubt, all your lives taken for granted. At least it was that way for me. And that you come to a single conclusion that they are all strong.

Survivors.

Yesterday, the psychology stand-in tutor brought in a good point. As society evolves, financial situations that picked up and etc... came the rise of PETA-alike groups. Pro-human, pro-animals, anti-cruelty you get the picture. In a way, it's shows how involved we are about our environment, like how concerned we get for our fellow beings and yada yada yada a sign of our human evolution, where not only the strongest survive, but they lend a helping hand of all sorts to the weaker. Humanity at its peak.

However, as to everything, there are both sides of the coins to consider. On the flip side, with all the PETA-alike groups around, while it's good and all, it somewhat hastens our scientific advancements in the general medical field. Without the experimenting on animals which possess some similar human genes, how in the world are we supposed to come up with new technology, medicines and the what-nots that would work with no ill effects? Like I'm not saying how I agree that animals don't possess the ability to think and thus in a way are beneath us and don't deserve to live, it's just sacrifices have to be made for the greater good, is it not? Expandables collateral damages in the greater scheme of things. Which explains the relative lack of new advancements in this age in a roundabout way.

Bet you never thought about so much in a single day. Psychology: the study of why we do what we do, totally brings out the thinker in me.

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posted by wantington-ny @ 6:22 PM