Quiet

As we were moving our living room around we managed to kill off our house phone, didn't think much about it till realized that there was such quiet going on.  It is funny but I find I am enjoying the silence more and more and have even considered getting the phone disconnected.  We have our cell phones and just shut them off when we are home, that way things are calm.  
I never realized how much I hate the phone till it was gone.  I had to be on call 24/7 when Mom was sick and the phone could ring anytime night or day.  I think that being on call like that made it impossible for me to sleep a full night for two years, and even a year later I still am on edge waiting for the phone to ring.
This society has become so accustomed to instant contact that I think people have forgotten about silence.  Silence is so under rated, it gives a person the time to breath, to enjoy the world around them and to think.  Now granted some people would think that that is hell, I don't.  In fact I think I am going to experiment with no phones, computers, texting or tv on the weekends for the month, I will see how this goes.....
Considering the total mess I have started in the house, I am going to need the time....