[Blindtlk] Refusal To Use A Cane

[Judy Jones]

Very accurate.  Ideas are caught as well as taught.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Graves" <princess.di2007 at gmail.com>
To: <gwunder at earthlink.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Refusal To Use A Cane


> 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.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/princess.di2007%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Diane Graves
>
> _______________________________________________
> blindtlk mailing list
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> blindtlk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/jtj1%40cableone.net
>