Listening is one of those things we just take for granted. Really have you ever thought about the sound of things that just make noise and are tuned out because you always hear it?
When Austin was little he could tell us a plane or helicopter was up in the sky WAY before we could see it. He was learning to listen and could hear EVERYTHING!
Looking back I remember always being told to lower my voice or I was too loud. But not until I had my son that I was concerned I wouldn't hear
my baby in the monitor if he cried. Being responsible for someone truly
makes me take care of myself better, knowing someone is depending on
me.
The first time time I put a pair of hearing aids in I thought something was wrong with the hearing aides. All the sounds I had never heard before. Florisent lights, carpet, paper (yes paper!)
I had a headache for a week trying to adjust to my new improved sense. I wish I had gotten them sooner, it has opended up my world. I am not just nodding n' smiling. I can actually have a conversion and know what is going on!
Now after 7 years I am on to my second VERY pricey pair and these are AMAZING!! Technology has come a long way just since my first pair in 2006.
If you know some one who could benefit from hearing aides even at the young age PLEASE encourage them, allow them to be part of the conversation, laughs, TV shows. Help their spouse not have to repeat every punch line and quick comment. Enjoy life and all the sounds of our life.
Hearing my world also makes me ponder how my spirit is listening to Gods call on my life. Everyday I need to reset and focus on Him. To start listening to His call for me to join Him when our world has made me immune to looking for where He is working.
