[Faith-talk] blindness as a gift

[justin williams]

If you were sighted, we'd have issues; sense your blind, I can get with you
on this.  I would almost, no I would be offended if some sighted person were
to say that to me without having an understanding of what I have to go
through living in Columbia south Carolina.  Maybe there are gifts I have
developed to compensate for said blindness, the gifts of hearing and
intuition,  but blindness as a gift?  I don't know about that.  I think I
would like to rewrap it.  Not trying to be offensive; I have developed other
gifts, but it doesn't feel like a gift when people don't want to drive me to
lunch after a church service.  Or, when I lose three career opportunities in
7 years causing me to remain in a dead end job.  I won't tell you the high
crazy foreign cab drivers stories; you already know them, hell, you've
probably taken part in some of them.  I won't tell you about walking around
in the elements or miles at a stretch, or about terrible public
transportation; you know about that too, and I won't go on and on about the
accessibility issues in general, college in particular.  The best I can say
is that it was the hand I have been allotted to play, and sense the cards
have been dealt, I intend to use every bit of skill I possess to win. What
Howard doesn't like a good game of cards.  Bid Wisk Anyone? 
Ps. Come out from under that rock more often.

-----Original Message-----
From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha
Dudley
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 8:30 AM
To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Faith-talk] blindness as a gift

Hi All,
      I don't often post here, but I figured I'd crawl out from under my
lurking rock and start this thread. I was speaking with someone last night
who made a very interesting point to me. Our blindness is such an
extraordinary gift. It gives us opportunities to share our faith with others
that many don't have. We can lift others up and relate to others in a way
sighted folks cannot. Our strength and our belief that we are given lives
worth living that can be full and productive is such a great platform from
which to share our stories and our faith. Just thought I'd get others'
opinions on this one.
And now, back under my rock I go...
Aleeha and Seeing Eye dog Dallas

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