[Blindtlk] Getting Lost

Fri May 2 16:41:26 UTC 2014

Very true.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christine
A. Olivares
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:21 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Getting Lost

Healing always starts from the inside anyway. Sometimes, if the inner stuff
is healed, there is some kind of physical manifestation of God desires it,
but a lot of times it is the inner that is healed which is the most
important.

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 2, 2014, at 12:02 PM, "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
wrote:
> 
> 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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