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“Cheep-Cheep” sound…
Did you know that a “cheep-cheep” sound of young turkey chicks triggered an automatic mothering response from maternal turkeys?
Yes, virtually all of the mothering nature is triggered by one “cheep-cheep” sound. It is a preprogrammed behavior in turkeys. Animal behaviorist M. W. Fox once conducted an experiment where he placed a small recorder inside a stuffed polecat (a natural turkey enemy) and brought it near a mother turkey. The results were quite stunning — every time the recorder played the “cheep-cheep” sound, the mother turkey gathered the stuffed polecat under her as if it was a turkey chick. And, whenever the recorder was off, the same stuffed polecat was met with squeaking and clawing rage.
Why am I telling you this story? Because this kind of “automation” exists in human beings as well.
Take a moment to recollect your self-talk and conversations with others during your day. Do most of it contain some form of complaint? In fact, an average person voices about thirty complaints in a day. Yes, “complaining” is a form of automation that exists in us, because it makes us feel like a victim, and we somehow tend to like that. A complaint from someone is met with the same…
