[Blindtlk] an awkward experience

[Brad Keller]

I have had similar experiences and they have all been handled differently 
according to the situation. A few times I have to actually ask someone to 
please leave me alone because of their persistance. In others I have allowed 
them to do their thing, which only took a minute or two, then went on my 
way. Others have been handled by politely saying thank you but not right now 
or thank you but I'm not interested at this time. I have also told some that 
I am not helpless and that for the most part I'm able to pretty much do 
anything that they can although, some things may be done differently. I have 
even still driven a couple of times around my dad's property and I still do 
some mechanical work as well as many repair jobs around the house. In fact I 
just got done moving and one of the gentlemen that helped me move said that 
next time he needed to work on his car he was bringing it over to my house 
because I had more tools than he did.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael" <bonsai1b at bellsouth.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:23 AM
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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