See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

So, on my study table there's this poster of three young monks, first guy has his hands clapped over his eyes, the second, hands over his ears, third, hands over his mouth. My dad brought it back from overseas. In all honesty the title of this post has nothing to do with what I'm going to write, but I couldn't think of a better one. Anyway, after gazing at the poster for days, it prompted me to think: which of the three senses would I keep if I had to forgo the other two?

So I sat down for some time and began to think. Let's examine each one individually first.

Starting with the least likely one to keep: speech. Sure, I value my voice-don't we all? And I must say I consider myself one of the more vocal people in class, or at least not one of the silent ones. I love to talk, I love telling jokes. But in this era of technology, that's no barrier to communication. Emails, facebook, forums...the list of what I could use to talk to others is endless! PErsonally I feel that this would be the least popular choice to keep, among the three, unless the person's life centres around his voice, for example, if he is an orator or singer.

Next, the sense of hearing. Music is awesome, granted, but besides that I can't really think of much else that would require me to use my ears, besides communication. In any case, I would prefer to read what the other party is trying to communicate to me, instead of hearing it. The one practical concern of being unable to hear is that I would be unable to hear warnings others shout at me in cases of danger, or announcemnts over the intercom system.

Finally, sight. There are so many things which require one to see to fully enjoy, far too many for me to list down. Just to name a few: Telivision, computer games, Gunpla-ing, drawing...the list goes on. Also, from a practical viewpoint, sight is the sense which is the most useful in everyday life. I'm honestly unsure of what I would do if I suddenly became blind. Everything I've learned will be useless.

Therefore, I arrived at a conclusion. If I did have to choose, the sense I'd keep is sight. Obviously it'd be a horrible thing to have neither the ability to talk or hear, but it would be worse if I couldn't see. Life without sight is unimaginable for me.

Well, others may have differing opinions from me. This is just my take on which of these three senses is the most important, make of it what you will. Thinking about this makes me appreciate the fact that, in most ways, I am a healthy boy with no major problems. We really do take things for granted sometimes.

Now, moving on from such melancholy topics.