Why do we shout in anger?

WHY DO WE SHOUT AT ONE ANOTHER?
A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.' 'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her in a normal voice? Why do you need to shout when you're angry?'
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint. Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be heard to each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout! Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...' The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only have to look at each other!! That is how two close people are, when they love each other.'

The story reminds me of an exercise with the 5th graders at Bal Vihar. The teacher asks them to talk to the friends sitting next to them. She then asks them to talk to friends sitting across the room. Then she asks them to talk to God. The first experiment is a small whisper, the second is louder, while the third is silent. The beautiful revelation behind this is when the teacher explains how God is so close to us that we dont have to talk loudly or in whispers, but silently and He hears us :)