[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Marion,

Perhaps,as you said, cultural sensibilities 
within your corner of the universe do prove 
anything but hospitable to Black folks. This, I'm 
reasonably certain is not a result of a person's 
ancestors having been stolen from Afrika 
generations ago. What I'm saying is, in case of 
your being  uninitiated which indeed it sounds 
like you are, being Black is not, in my opinion 
an aberration in the same way blindness can be, 
cultural sensibilities in your town not withstanding.
happy for today, Car 408-209-3239
shop asked me if I believed in Jesus Christ as my 
Lord and Savior. I replied that I did, but 
probably not with the same understanding he has. 
He told me that, if I believed, I could be 
healed. I replied that I had already been healed 
of the false perceptions of blindness and that my 
blindness was actually a source of healing for 
others as I share my philosophy of independence 
and self-determination. He became a little 
indignant and said he was referring to me getting 
my sight back. I asked him why he thought that 
was important and he told me blindness wasn't 
normal. I asked him when he was going to be 
healed. He became a little puzzled and asked me 
what I meant. I told him that he was shorter than 
normal and black, not something that is normal in 
our town, so, given his logic and definition, he 
needed healing! Was Jesus going to heal him of 
his shortness and blackness? He told me I didn't 
understand what he was saying. I told him it was 
more that he did not understand what I was 
saying. He said, "God bless you!' and I replied, 
"She does!" The conversation ended quite 
abruptly! Peace! Marion -----Original 
Message----- From: blindtlk 
[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Michael Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:24 AM 
To: Blind Talk Mailing List Subject: [Blindtlk] 
an awkward experience Good morning folks,  I lost 
my sight six years ago and went through a very 
dark time for a couple of years and eventually 
became comfortable with who I am and have since 
then gone on to do most of what I did before. But 
I had an experience yesterday that I didn’t 
know how to handle.  I was at the gym and had 
just completed an hour of cardio.  I was sitting 
at a table located in the center of the gym floor 
cooling down when a woman began a conversation 
with me.  She said that she was sitting at the 
table also (which I doubt) and that God had put 
her there to talk to me and that she was an 
evangelist.   She asked if she could talk to 
me.  When I answered in the affirmative she stood 
next to me, took my hand in both of her hands, 
and began praying over me.  She asked God to help 
this poor  child, saying that Jesus had healed 
the sick, cured the blind, and raised the 
dead.  She prayed for over a minute (at least it 
felt like), using verbage that I only hear on 
Sunday morning.  Then she finished and left me 
sitting there.  I was shocked and didn’t know 
what to say.  I let her do her thing thinking 
that I had probably made her feel positive about 
herself by helping “this poor 
child”.  Understand that I am a christian but 
have never had such an embarrassing display since 
losing my sight.  Has this happened to others, 
and how did you handle such a display? Michael 
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