[Faith-talk] blindness as a gift

[justin williams]

I would just say that the ability to adapt is a gift, and that blindness has
presented me with an opportunity to develop other gifts , gifts that may
have lain dormant without my visual impairment, however; most of said gifts
have been developed under duress and out of desperation, the large part of
which I would have gladly done without.  However, feel free to see blindness
in any way you would like; use whatever philosophy will help you excel. I
can actually see it from your side of the fence when I take a third person
panoramic view, when I step back out of my own body for a minute and examine
the entire situation, I can understand how you and others who are both blind
and sighted could see it in that way.  Remember, everyone should be
independent  and successful.  Of course, I feel that spark of pride in
knowing that my skill sets developed over long years in combination with my
ability to adapt and sharp mind have helped me excel in a situation to the
same level and in many cases above my peers.  Given an even chance and close
to equal access, we usually outperform our sighted counterparts due to
having to always raise our level through the entirety of our lives.
However, they have the last laugh as soon as they are able to read something
which has been rendered inaccessible, can maneuver a web site that is not
blind friendly, or simply get into a car and drive off. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha
Dudley
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:10 PM
To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] blindness as a gift

I think it is a gift because of our ability to show our faith, even through
our blindness. Even if we don't realize it, we are showing our great faith
by adapting things, being independent, and succeeding despite what the rest
of the world says. Our faith that God has not abandoned us because of our
blindness shows. So, in essence, I see a great gift and a unique
perspective.
On 2/8/2014 9:21 PM, Maureen Pranghofer wrote:
> Hi Aleeha
> I'm so glad you crawled out of your hole.  I've had many people tell 
> me that as well.  I disagree.  If blindness were a gift Jesus wouldn't 
> be healing people and taking it away.  I think the gift is when we 
> show the light and the overcoming power of Jesus when through His 
> grace we show people our love, joy, patience, and gladness in the Lord 
> despite being blind.  Just my 2 cents.
> Maureen
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Aleeha Dudley
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 7:30 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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