Hearing

Hearing is the one sense we can never fully switch off. We even hear while we sleep. Maybe that's exactly why we so rarely notice it.

And yet a single sound can change a lot. A familiar voice on the phone. A song that takes you back to one particular summer. Rain on the window. Or simply silence after a loud day.

Smell, taste, touch and sight bring you back to yourself. Hearing reminds you that you're not alone. Sometimes it's enough to hear someone say: I feel the same way. That's why, for me, hearing is one of the five senses.

Try it: close your eyes for a minute and just listen. What's close by, what's far away? You don't have to do anything with it. Just notice.

And if you like, listen to my podcast “Neubeginn!”. Honest conversations about the things that often go unsaid. (The podcast is in German.)