headphones....

What are headphones... well according to the dictionary: n. A receiver, as for a telephone, radio, or stereo, held to the ear by a headband. But as I was walking back from class listening to my music, I thought that there was so much more to them. So many times we isolate ourselves with our headphones. It completely cuts us off from any community. People listen to their music so loud that they can't even hear when someone yells at them and then they are extremely startled when someone comes up to them and taps them. Why do we feel the need to always have "our way" or our music playing. Can't we compromise and be open to what is going on around us? I mean God has his own playlist constantly playing. The birds, the wind... I mean that is the coolest composition anyone has ever or will ever create... but yet we are so caught up in being separated and individualistic. So that is just my 2 cents... and I am more aware of the music playing around me and I can get caught up in it... rather than what the headphones can possibly mean and suggest...