Blind ears, mute eyes, deaf mouth
Imagine the world silenced for a day. We all wouldn’t be able to hear a single thing: no sound of the busy streets, no sound of people chattering, no laughter, no howls of the dogs, no rhythm of the wind, no tapping of the feet, no buzzing of the bees, no chirping of the birds, no harmony from the waves, and basically, no sound from everything. If ever this were to happen, people would probably go crazy, but we won’t actually die. We’d all get scared at the start, yet eventually find a way to adjust and soon, communicate. Of course, what better way to communicate than to use gestures and facial expressions? Take the world, eliminate the sounds and add gestures; that would be a totally different but effective world.
Trying to get your point across can sometimes be a difficult task. Sometimes, when we try to say something, other words which mean the opposite come rushing out. This is the reason why facial expressions and gestures are helpful. They usually send out messages which we’re sometimes too afraid to say.
An example would be this. Confessing to a girl is not a simple task, that’s what I’ve heard from guys. Although some guys find it easy to just directly tell their crushes what they truly feel because they think it’d be much better that way, majority still think of what to do with their feelings all day, and I’m talking literally. What guys don’t know is that girls, except for those who are too busy to even care about the world of guys, usually feel it when a certain guy likes them. How do we do this? I honestly can’t explain, but I guess it has something to do with the way the guys act. Most of the times, they tend to change the way they usually act around the girls they like. Even if they haven’t directly said the words “I like you”, we girls get the message, USUALLY. Don’t worry; we girls tend to be like you too.
Words are definitely an important part of our everyday lives, but sometimes, they just can’t be used. A definite example would be during our CAT training. During our training, whenever we were in a formation, we were prohibited from saying anything unless asked to do so. It was a definite challenge because being deprived of our means of communication was like putting a fish out of water. Being helpless, all my fellow trainees and I would use body language. Whenever our officer would turn his back on us, we’d all make different types of actions. A motion of fanning one’s self meant that he or she was hating the weather. A motion of rubbing one’s stomach meant hunger. These gestures helped make our training a fun and memorable one.
Our eyes, mouth and ears work hand in hand. Not one is superior to the other. They are all of equal importance. They cooperate with each other for us to be able to avoid miscommunication. If we take for granted even just one, we might as well be considered as deaf, mute or blind.
