DailyGood: What Does the Rainforest Sound Like?

Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once. --Turkish Proverb Inspiration of the Day: So many things. Katydids telling each other where to look for food, frogs bellowing for a mate and piranhas leaping out of the muddy brown Amazon. And this is how it sounds to a deaf person. Hear the World organization has partnered with Global Explorers to bring 50 mixed hearing students to the Amazon Rainforest to experience sound, empower the deaf. For a group of young adults, the expedition is strikingly still. "We're quiet because we're trying to listen," says 17-year old Jentry Taylor who was born deaf and now listens to the Amazon three times a day through the program's hearing devices. "Down here, you hear something every second," agrees Gary Quenzer. "None of the sounds are annoying. They all make you stop and turn and try to find what it actually is." Imagine what we could all hear and see, if we only take the time to listen. [ more ] Be The Change: Spend ten minutes in silence today, just listening. What do you hear? Share A Reflection! tell a friend | archives | unsubscribe a service of CharityFocus 107701 subscribers Rate: