[Blindtlk] Refusal To Use A Cane

[Diane Graves]

Hi Gary,

I would wholeheartedly agree with  you.

I recall years ago, probably a few years after I had joined the
federation, a chapter member realized that I wasn't folding my money
as a method of bill identification, and he tried to show me how he did
this and convince me to give it a try. At that time I politely (I hope
lol) refused.

Not that I didn't have a system. What I would generally do is just try
to remember what I had. I would keep the bills in a roll, so to speak,
and keep the larger bills on the outside and, descending from largest
to smallest keep the smallest bills situated in the middle. I don't
usually have a lot of money on me. Since the debit card made its
debut, I typically don't have more than $20 at a time on me. So this
method was usually pretty easy to maintain. I might have a ten, a five
and a couple of ones.

I thought folding the money would cause me to hold up checkout lines
and inconvenience others, and generally wouldn't be that easy to
maintain. Anyway, I was happy with my method, and I wasn't willing to
change at that time.

Sometime later, not sure just how long, I decided to give the folding
technique a try. I honestly don't remember whether this was due to an
aging memory that had a hard time remembering what I had, or whether I
was just ready to try something new. But I did start folding my money,
and now I love the technique, and wouldn't go back to my old method
for the world.  The folding method is much faster, and more foolproof.

Do I hold up checkout lines a few extra seconds? Sometimes, but this
is usually when I have to remind the cashier to let me know what they
are handing me. Others hold up lines too, for a good number of
reasons.

As you say, sometimes it just takes time and a loving example. People
come around in their own time. Some don't. But all we can do is offer
the example.

Diane Graves

On 12/18/12, Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I suggest that setting a good example will go a long way toward trying to
> send the message you want to send.  That doesn't mean that the person you
> want to use the cane will receive the message, but at least by setting the
> example you will have demonstrated what you want him to see without him
> being able to put off that message by regarding US preachy.  It is always
> difficult to know when offering someone a little help is a good, kind,
> Christian thing to do and when it is simply part of being an enabler.
> Offering people the opportunity to grow is not the same thing as seeing to
> their growth or demanding that they do it.
>
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-- 
Diane Graves