Talk, talk, talk, talk. 21st centurions love to talk...can't walk to the 7-11 without getting on that cell phone. Can't wait 'till they get home, have to have to have to talk now...and later. Radio and tv talk shows abound, blaring in homes, cars, elevators, offices. Can't even wait for my telephone call to be picked up...someone yakking in my ear "Your call is important to us...a representative will be with you shortly... your estimated wait time is 5 minutes...would you care to complete a short survey after your call is completed?...please don't hang up, your call is important to us".
Our tongue is king...but here come our fingers. We let our digits do the walking and the talking in 1,000,000,000 daily text messages, and on over 1,000,000,000 internet devices spewing out over 50,000,000,000 daily e-mails. We sure must have a lot to say!
Or do we? Tell me one memorable, historically important, statement by one renowned person during the past 50 years...other than Rosa Parks', "I will not move to the back of the bus". One?
Even the fiercest animals sit quietly and peacefully, their babies nestled against them, and savor the silence.
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