I’m not sure who said it, or said it first, but maybe you’ve heard the phrase about noise being like a stench in the ear. When you smell something bad, you know it. When things are noisy, it’s not a lot different. In fact, if you look in the mirror, you probably have a similar facial expression when confronted with either.
From the time we wake up to our alarms, until the time our head hits the pillow each night (and frankly sometimes even through the night), we’re inundated with noise. Some good, like the sound of good music, the trickle of a stream, rain on the roof or the sounds of laughter in the yard. Some not so good, like the sounds of traffic, annoying music from your neighbor’s yard or your kids bickering in the basement with their online gamer buddies. Noise of all sorts permeates our lives.
When my kids were younger, there was a lot of noise in my house. In fact, pretty much any Gleason family gathering consisted of lots of noise. When I began to work out of a home office, now almost 20 years ago, the days the kids were in school were a dream come true. |
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