World on Mute

For many years, I had been wearing ear plugs every night while sleeping. One morning I woke up, and noticed that I had overslept and was almost late for work. My husband offered to take me to my workplace by car. On our way, I was annoyed. I wondered, why was the volume of the car radio so quiet, and why does my husband whisper to me. Why can’t he speak normally? At last, he asked me to take the ear plugs off…