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Hearing can be selective. It has been said in a song by Simeon and Garfunkel, “A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” Is this true for you? If someone tells you all the horrible habits of someone you are madly in love with is that going to change your mind? Unfortunately, I sometimes disregard the facts if I feel a certain way towards people or things. There was a movie, “Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m feeling so Sad” that was voted one of the year’s ten worst. It has been an all time favorite movie of mine. We need to try and listen with an open mind.
When we are in need, we want to hear and feel God’s reassuring words. Comforting words such as “You have a friend in Jesus” helps us feel as if we are not alone. Thoughts such as “Jesus Christ will see you through” helps people find perseverance. Other verses that provide comfort and support are “You can depend on God”, and “God is love”.
When you write what do you hear? Do you hear a single voice within your head or do you have a lot of thoughts running through your mind? Most people only get a single thought through their mind after a great deal of intense concentration. Gleaning a single thought from a plethora of thoughts can take a great deal of work. I hear different thoughts when I write. One thought might be to keep writing. Another thought might be “How is this going to sound?”
How do you hear humor? Is a joke just a play on words or switching events around to make someone laugh. Humor has to be sought. I have played plenty of practical jokes that some people didn’t think to be humorous. Humor has to be heard from the giver as well as at the receiving end. If someone is in a dour mood they won’t hear humor. Is humor selective? If someone makes a joke about a certain animal or object and the object is held sacred by the other person the humor is lost. We can hear humor by being sympathetic to what the other person is saying or just being sympathetic with the other person.
Humor from noises can come from hearing in other ways. A cousin of mine tried to conjure up the dead. As a teenager she would hold séances in her parent’s downstairs basement. The idea was to call out to the dead and have the dead return to the room. The room where the séance was held had to be completely dark so the spirits could enter the room. It was dead quiet in the basement of my cousin’s house. One could hear a pin drop. The group in the séance consisted of young impressionable teenagers. Any sound would have been evidence of making contact with the dead. At the very instant when there was complete silence the air-conditioner came on making a loud clanging noise. Before the air-conditioner was running at full speed the séance group had bolted for the door to the basement trying to get out. The noise had so frightened the group that they had jammed around the door trying to push the door open. However, the door opened by swinging the door toward you. Six hysterical youths pushing the door outward prevented anyone from leaving the basement for ten minutes.
Hearing can be selective. What we hear is based upon our environment and our frame of mind. We can hear our internal voice giving us guidance and we can hear outside influences trying to steer us into new directions. Hearing is how we respond to the world around us and also how we interpret the events around us.
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I had the best lol today picturing those teens fighting to get out of that basement with no success. You did a great job at vividly describing the hysteria. Thanks, I needed that!