One day, an Indian thinker asked his disciples this question:
"Why do people shout when they are angry?".
"They shout because they lose their composure," said one of them.
"But why should they shout, when they have the other person next to them?", continued the thinker.
"They shout because they want the other person to hear them."
The thinker continued to ask: "Why wouldn't the other person hear them if they spoke in a low voice?".
Many answers were given, but none convinced the philosopher. So, he continued: "Do you know why people really scream when they feel angry? Because when they are in a state of anger, their hearts turn away from each other. To cover such a distance, they must shout to be heard. The angrier they are, the more they shout to be heard by each other. You can compare this with the situation when two people are in love. They do not shout, they speak quietly, because their hearts are close enough. The distance between them is small. Sometimes they are so close that they don't need to talk at all. When the love is very great, it is not necessary to speak, it is enough to look the other person in the eyes and you will understand him very well".
Then, the thinker closed the discussion by adding: “When you discuss, do not let your hearts become distant. Don't say words that can drive them further apart, because the day will come when the distance will be so great that they will never find their way back together again." - Gandhi.
Taken from world.al
