[nabs-l] On feeling inadequate after national convention

[Darian]

There in those words are words of wisdom that while sounding idealistic, are important to always remember.
  We forage our own paths as individuals. Ultimately so long as we find joy in what we do, and love with those we surround ourselves with it would seem to me that we are doing pretty good for ourselves.
So long as the barrier to that happiness is not a barrier that someone else puts on us, nor one that we allow ourselves to have put upon us, we will probably be alright.
Thanks Arielle, and thanks Carlton.

> On Jul 14, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> While the discussion of blindness and multiple disabilities was
> happening here, a very similar one was going on on the Parents of
> Blind Children listserv. Carlton Walker, the president of the NFB
> parents' division, wrote a response, and there is a part of it that
> speaks very nicely to the issue of feeling inadequate in comparison to
> others in the Federation. I share her wisdom below.
> 
> "We each undertake our own journeys on this road of life. It is far
> too easy to look at the
> current path of a fellow traveler and feel jealousy or anger that that
> traveler’s path seems so easy. Of course, the paths we see are just a
> sliver of reality. We have no idea about the actual travails others have
> faced.
> 
> And, come to think of it, it doesn’t matter. Our paths are our own. The
> ease (or difficulty) of another person’s journey has no direct bearing on
> our own. My daughter’s blindness does not depend on anyone else. My
> daughter’s other academic and health concerns are neither ameliorated nor
> exacerbated by any other child’s health or academic achievements or
> struggles. Life is not a pie from which there is a fixed amount of
> opportunity."
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com