Yes I am LOUD

“Yes Yes I am coming”, my father yelled into the mobile.

Sometimes I wonder why does he have to speak so loudly into the phone. With the kind of pitch he has his voice will reach the receiver directly without the mobile as well but then yeah that is how he speaks.

 High pitched voice is what I have inherited from my family. We all are a very loud species. However hard I try to tame my pitch in order to sound soft and mellow, my voice will defy!! So many times I have been told by my friends to speak in a low tone. I let out secrets just because even when I am whispering I am loud enough for people in 500 meter circle to hear me. I suck at Chinese Whisper and that is the reason why my friends avoid this game. Even they realize that its basically not what I do voluntarily it just happens. Everyone in my family is known for their high pitched voice. Even I was known as “The Loudspeaker” in my school days. We can be heard from a distance wherever we are so in short we are never lost. Well during holi my mother recognizes us in a bunch of colored kids just through our voice. So it is a blessing in disguise.  Personally I became o tomboy half because of my voice because however coy I tried to behave I was always too loud and shrill for boys around. My voice intimidated them. Well sadly I always wanted to sing but then I thank God for saving the ear drums of several thousand people.

But then I came in the world of debating and public speaking and almost instantly my voice that I loathed became my shield. My well noted researched points with my loud booming voice created a persona of a very strong personality which made the other debaters very shake. There were times when others would meekly ask for a mike and there I was in all my glory speaking without a mike infront of a crowd of a thousand people listening to me with rapt attention.

I realized sometimes we all are bestowed with a quality that we hate and want to erase from our personality but then very soon we realize that is what makes us different from the masses. Yes I am loud and clear!!!! I will catch your attention even when you don’t want to give me any!!!