[Blindtlk] Getting Lost

[Mike Freeman]

But does this truly solve the problem? Or is this merely sellf-gratification? Remember the KJ story Don't Throw the Nickel. 

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone


> On May 2, 2014, at 6:26, "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Arielle,
>    Whenever someone offers to pray for me because I am blind, I generally offer to pray for them because they are ignorant. I know that this might offend them; however, their ignorance is just as offensive!
> 
> Marion
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:02 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting Lost
> 
> When I was in college, I was studying outside when a random guy came up and asked directions to another building. My cane was on the ground, and he didn't realize I was blind until I was midway giving directions. Then he suddenly started offering me money and healing prayers, and it took me a while to get rid of him. I realized later that I should have asked him to pray for a good grade on my test instead of healing, but I digress. Anyway I'm not sure if he found the building he was looking for. It's a shame people would dismiss good, clear directions just because they come from a blind person.
> 
> Arielle
> 
>> On 5/1/14, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7706 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Quite funny.  Reminds me of a story that Carle Jacobson told of a 
>> waitress who told him that she was going to put the water in the 
>> smaller glass and the seven-up in the larger so he could tell the 
>> difference:  but, ironically, it was she who could not tell in which 
>> glass the water was and in which the drink was.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the 
>> blind built-in!
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user!
>> 
>>> On May 1, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Marion Gwizdala <blind411 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>>    I perform a song called, "I'm Not Lost; I am Exploring". I generally 
>>> introduce the song by sharing a story told once by Dr. Abraham Nemeth 
>>> while he was waiting for a bus in a crowded city. Two guys approached Dr.
>>> Nemeth and asked for directions. They were given very precise 
>>> turn-by-turn directions to their destination. As they turned to walk 
>>> away, one guy said to the other, "We might want to ask someone else; that guy's blind!" Dr.
>>> Nemeth replied, "Yes! I am blind; but I'm not the one who is lost!"
>>> 
>>> Fraternally yours,
>>> Marion Gwizd