[NFB-Seniors-Discussion] I hate being blind - Can or do you ever say this?

[David Meyer]

I don't recall ever saying that I hate being blind unless a person is 
close to me. I do agree that the most difficult thing is dealing with 
the public. I must admit that I don't touch this issue often because I 
am afraid that people will not understand and become resentful of me.
Original message:
> Robert, I couldn’t have said it more eloquently. I have said before 
> that I hate being blind, and that is the exact reason.
> Cindy



> On Mar 7, 2021, at 12:35 PM, RobertLeslie Newman via 
> NFB-Seniors-Discussion <nfb-seniors-discussion at nfbnet.org 
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> Hi Fellow Discussion List Members
> It has been very quiet here of late, and so read my short paragraph 
> below and share-
> Most times, when I meet a new person and they ask me what is it like to 
> be blind, I will say something like this:
> Well… Let me start off with telling you that my story starts out with 
> the fact that I was born with Twenty-twenty vision, and at age fifteen, 
> I was in a car accident and lost all my sight; I cannot even see light. 
> Now, I see just as good out of the back of my head, as I do the front. 
> And what I have learned, is that being blind, not able to use my eyes 
> to do things in life is not so difficult; that most everything can be 
> done non-visually. And that I’ve also learned that the toughest and 
> most frustrating part of being blind is how other people view you, and 
> treat you; they can make it more disheartening and difficult to do what 
> I know I can do. But hey, though I hate being blind, life is to big and 
> beautiful to get hung up in the small things; like being blind.
> Respectfully yours,
> Robert Leslie Newman
> Omaha, Nebraska
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