Do Not Answer the Bell!

We are so conditioned to answer a ringing bell. Isn't it hard not to pick up the ringing phone or answer a ringing doorbell? In my quest for a simple life, I've taken a different path. I've decided I do not have to answer the phone. I have a choice. Like Pavlov's theory states, I have been conditioned. It rings, you go to pick it up......ahh, but that is one of the great things about answering machines! If I don't want to answer the phone, the caller can leave a message! I can continue my day uninterrupted! I especially do this, when I am reading to the kids. We are very interested in our book and none of us want to be interrupted. They are aware of what I am doing now too.