You encounter a mysterious man offering you
a magic potion that, once sipped, will make one of your senses (sight, hearing,
taste, smell, touch) super sharp — but dull the others. Will you sip it, and if
so, what sense do you choose?
Hmmm….this
is a tough one, but I think I would sip it and the sense I would choose is
hearing. I would do this for a number of
reasons.
1. At my
previous place of employment, we had the opportunity to be trained by a parent
in working with her child’s cochlear implants.
One of the things she did was bring us the “hearing aid” that was
attached to the magnets under the skin near her ears. We each put them on and listened to the
sounds around us…it was AMAZING, not only in the sense of how many sounds are
out there that we naturally tune out when we have full capacity in all of our
senses, but also in the regard to how our young friend could become totally
overwhelmed with all the noise since her hearing sense was so heightened by the
implants. I would like to see what sounds
I might hear around me if this sense was heightened all the time, especially
when spending time out in nature…maybe it would also help me to know what and
when my dog was hearing something that was going to catch his attention, so I
could relate to and understand what he was thinking too. J
2. I tend toward too easily tuning people out…my
mind drifts and boom, next thing I know, I have totally missed a whole chunk of
the conversation and then I am trying to catch up, but usually, I mess up and
ask a question that was just answered. Whoops! Most of the time I don’t realize
I am even doing this until it is done. I
have to focus really hard to keep it from happening sometimes. Maybe if my sense of hearing was super sharp,
it would make it harder for me to go into my own internal thoughts and keep me
focused on listening to others. That
would be really nice!
3. I think
losing even one of your senses, even partially, really causes you to appreciate
it even more, so by sipping this potion, it would also be a humbling event, one
to learn from and become wiser through the experience. I am always up for
things that I know will bring me wisdom.
What about you? Would you take a sip?
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