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Noise and music

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Noise and music
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A teacher and student were passing through a village on the day of a great holiday. As they approached the main square, the sounds of drums and people's screams became so loud that the student covered his ears with his hands. But to his surprise, the teacher, dancing, walked deeper and deeper towards the center of the square, to the place of the main action. After the holiday ended and the tired people went home, the student asked the teacher:

- Teacher, how could you rejoice and celebrate with such noise? I couldn't even hear my thoughts!

“You were tuned to noise, my friend, but to the people of this village it was music.” I just perceived these sounds the same way as they did. Most people go through life perceiving only noise. Let's move on and let's listen to music this time.

Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru

I don't take from the poor