[Nfbf-l] Sight is Required

[petercerullo at aol.com]

Hey Blind Biker! 
This is the Midnight Rider doing another late night run over the Greater Daytona Beach area, I'm taking a ride down main street over the bridge to the blind rehab center.  Hey brother, you and I use to run our imagination to the max.  What the hey heck happen to you?  If memory serves me correctly, you were the one who ignited my passion to want to ride my first "fat boy" Harley!  It doesn't make a difference whether you are sighted, blind, deaf, dumb or even just plain old crazy, why would you want to extinguish the flame that ignites the passion of others who want to find joy in whatever adventure they seek?  


I want to take a moment to thank some of my friends like Eric Wainmeyer for his many brave climbs' to the top.  Lance Armstrong a cancer survivor who has championed the cycling world.  Pam and Roland Allen for turning me on to white water rafting and making me believe that this nuisance I carry into a predominantly sighted society is just that a "nuisance" not a "hindrance" to any challenge that I desire to pursue.  I also want to thank Mark Ricobono for making history and for giving many young people who are blind and visually impaired some hope that they can someday independently be able to drive a vehicle too.  Kudos to Chris Scheppes for his sailing and nautical abilities. And, one of my most cherished moments was witnessing Mr. Rick Brown strutting through the double glass doors of the rehab dormitory on his titanium pegs after losing his second leg to diabetes, I am sure he will soon be scheduled to waltz across the stage with his lovely wife Laurel as they become the next contestants on "Dancing with the stars"  I truly believe that we will even see Mr. Brown slam dunking the B-ball as the LA Lakers sign him to a long term contract.


Blind Biker let me return the favor by re-igniting your passion by reminding you of all the remarkable accomplishments that you have achieved over the last decade.  Open up your mind's eye and allow yourself to see the possibilities.  Stay Solid and Stand Strong.


Love you brother,
Midnight Rider......                  





-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Roberts <blindbiker at yahoo.com>
To: Nfbf-l <Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 11:15 am
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Sight is Required


I have been doing a lot of soul searching.  Sadly I have come up with a 
realization that will be foreign to most of you, but feel I should share it 
anyway.
We can create all the artificial things we want to allow us to be like everyone 
else, but it won't do it.  Most things I ike to do require sight, and there is 
no getting around it! The only way to be able to fully enjoy my life is if I get 
full vision, or enough to allow me to not appear blind.  Blindness is the most 
feared thing most people "see" and nothing we can do will change that!
Instead of worrying about a small aspect of society such as driving, we need to 
focus on seeing.
That's my goal, to see! We will see ways eye conditions can be reversed.  It may 
not happen tomorrow, but it will happen.  When mine is reversed, I'll be able to 
enjoy all the things which are closed off to me right now.  I don't choose to 
live my life as a blind person.  Why? All blind people do is sit home and live 
on the phone and computer or watch TV all day.  Very few of us are working, and 
are relying on the government to support us.  That's not the kind of life I 
choose to live!
Before you tell me I'm not fully adjusted to my disability, I'd ask you are you 
fully adjusted? You never fully adjust to not being able to do things you once 
did or want to do.  Anyone who tells you they are fully adjusted to being blind 
is not telling the truth.
I can't predict exactly when , but in a few years, when eye conditions are being 
reversed, I hope you'll take advantage it this.  A few cases of blindness have 
been reversed.  It can openly get better!


Matt Roberts blindbiker at yahoo.com





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