Why Do We Shout?
One day, a professor asked his students 'Why do we SHOUT instead of speaking softly when we are ANGRY?' All the students thought for a while. One answered 'Because we lose our cool. That's why we SHOUT.' The professor asked again, 'But the person is just right next to you, why can't you talk softly but instead have to SHOUT?' Everyone gave their opinions but none was accepted by the professor. At last the professor explained 'When we are ANGRY, our hearts drift apart. To mask the DISTANCE we feel, we instinctively SHOUT instead of speaking softly so that the other party can hear us.' 'But as we SHOUT, we get ANGRIER. And we feel we drift apart further. So we SHOUT even louder....' 'It is the opposite when we are in love. Not only we do not shout, we whisper into each other ears. Why?' 'This is because our hearts are very close, almost never apart. As our love deepens, we reach a state of communication where there is no need f