I don’t suppose there has ever been a noisier culture than the one in which you and I currently find ourselves.
There used to be a time that when we were away from home, a ringing phone did not have the capability of interrupting our lives. Today, we and our phones are literally joined at the hip, and they beep incessantly, disturbing our peace and presumptuously interjecting their presence into what would otherwise be silence or uninterrupted face-to-face encounters.