[nabs-l] Am I the only one?Two Questions

[Hope Paulos]

Hi there. I sometimes wish I can see, but am perfectly fine being blind. As 
far as living life inside a box.. I do this, but am trying to break out of 
it. I want to be more spontaneous. In my case, living in my box is due to 
fear. Therefore, I'm attempting to becoome less fearful and more relaxed. To 
be honest (and brutally so) I believe living in one's box is a "blindism", 
that not all blind people have, but many do.
HTH.
Hope and Beignet
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From: "Jen" <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:51 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Am I the only one?Two Questions


> 1. Am I the only one who sometimes wishes he / she could see?
>
> I am comfortable with my blindness and would not want to be sighted, but
> still wonder and am fascinated by what things look like at times (for
> new members, I have been blind since birth.)
>
> Yesterday, I took my my to a River Dance concert for her birthday. I
> loved the music but wanted to see the dancing that went with it as well.
> It was hard to try to picture it based on the music...
>
> 2. I love / cling to procedural order in life - follow all steps, and
> nothing can or will go wrong. I also try to make rules for everything
> that won't change so everything is in a contained "box" in my mind out
> of which it can't escape. I also find rules comforting so I don't have
> to think and can just do something automatically. An example of such a
> rule is "always take out your book in class [even if the professor isn't
> using it that day.] If you do this, you will always be a good student.
> If you don't, you are a bad student."
>
> I know there are no guarantees for things but still cling to the
> procedural mind set to keep my mental boxes of rules intact. Is being
> overly procedure-oriented a "blindism" or something with which the
> sighted struggle as well?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
>
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