[Blindtlk] Getting Lost

Fri May 2 16:05:49 UTC 2014

No, that is not how they mean it.  I've let people pray for me just to see
what they would do and how it woulf feel.  The energy usually feels wrong.
Prayer out of pitty or sympathy is slimy.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marion
Gwizdala
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:02 PM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting Lost

Perhaps the "healing" is a healing of the negative attitudes that keep us
from achieving our highest potential!

Marion

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandon
Olivares
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:49 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting Lost

That's exactly how I feel. I really have no desire to be "healed" of
blindness. I am happy how I am. On the other hand, my wife who has more
vision than I does want to be healed of it. So everyone is different.

I think about all the blessings I have as a blind person. Once I get my
guide dog, I think it'll be incredibly satisfying to have him/her as a
companion with me everywhere I go. How many people have something like that?

Brandon
On May 2, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've had a few people pray for me and healing from my blindness. I am 
> a Christian and believe that God has plans for me and meant for me to 
> be blind, so I will do what He asks me to do without my sight. I tell 
> people this and they keep going back to the story of the blind man in 
> the Bible. I tell them that that was one man and that God's plan may 
> not be for me to see, and it may be. We will never know until it 
> happens. What really gets me is the people who say that the reason I'm 
> blind is because I'm not faithful enough or that I did something 
> wrong. Really?
> Aleeha
> 
> On 5/2/14, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't know, but it is really funny.  I can't wait for the next 
>> sucker; lol, its gona be great.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike 
>> Freeman
>> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 10:31 AM
>> To: Marion Gwizdala; Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting Lost
>> 
>> 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
>> 
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