Today I got a telephone call from my closest friend and just the sound of her voice and the tone of her laughter made my day. I've often wondered why a voice can so determine one's opinion of another person. It has always been my experience that I'm attracted to a certain type of voice and so influenced by the tenor and cadence of someone's speech. I love the wonderful sound of a soft melodic voice and immediately trust that person with my most inner thoughts. A loud and clipped voice is not as pleasing to me and I have a tendency to be more reticent in my approach to that individual. I adore a deep and resonnant voice and find a Lauren Bacall type of tone most appealing in women.
How funny it is that one is so attracted to a voice but I am a sucker for a voice. I don't even need to know what they say....just the sound of their speech is my determining factor. I must have found bonding in voices when I was a child or even when I was a baby. Maybe that is why they say that a child always knows the sound of it's mother -- even at birth.
What a great gift the sense of hearing is. And it is one that I rarely explore. Without the joy of hearing, I'm not sure that I would appreciate as much as I do. Even the smallest of sounds is something that I love. At the moment it is snowing and I stood outside just a moment ago and listened to the snow .... a mere rustle but a "soft" and quiet sound. It makes the snow even more beautiful-- like a blanket of pure softness.
And that sense has made me very happy today. I am watching and listening to an amazing snowfall, and I have heard the voice of a wonderful friend who is with me even at a distance and I never feel alone.
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