[NFBSF] Zoom invite for BEAM Oct. 2 6-8

[Karen Rose]

Well Nelson, you have unintentionally set me a challenge! Because I believe that any of us can fulfill our soul desires if we are sufficiently creative. Sophie what is it about flying? About fighting fires? What makes these endeavors meaningful?

Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net

> On Oct 5, 2021, at 12:02 AM, Nelson Hyde Chick via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The list of things I should have gone into, one of the top four was fire fighter. I could understand a blind guy not being allowed to fly, but in a fire you can't see anyway on account of the smoke, so that one angers me the most. I would have loved to be allowed to run into burning building to battle with fire!!!
> 
> Nelson Hyde Chick, CAO 
> Chief Adrenaline Officer
> Foil Flyer www.foilflyer.com
> 415 771-5162
> 
> We deal in adrenaline!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelson Hyde Chick via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org>
> To: nfbsf at nfbnet.org <nfbsf at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Nelson Hyde Chick <vertland at aol.com>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 4, 2021 11:54 pm
> Subject: Re: [NFBSF] Zoom invite for BEAM Oct. 2 6-8
> 
> Hello Laura,
> My problem is being incredibly ambitious with a good work ethic but on account of blindness I can't follow my soul's desires. God, if you are going to make me blind give me a hard on for music, don't fill all my dreams with flight!
> I beleive in reincarnation, and I think I am being punished for a past life's transgressions. I was a soldier who killed for sport and now I can't fly into battle on account of a past life I did something bad. 
> 
> Nelson Hyde Chick415 771-5162
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Millar via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB of San Francisco, California List <nfbsf at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Laura Millar <laurammillar at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 2, 2021 11:36 am
> Subject: Re: [NFBSF] Zoom invite for BEAM Oct. 2 6-8
> 
> Hi Nelson,
> 
> I was in the middle of writing this when I realized  that Lisa and other
> people have commented as well. Lisa, I second everything you said.
> 
> 
> Nelson, I can feel your frustration and want to share that your points are
> valid for where you currently are on your blindness journey. And, with the
> help of community and NFB members I’ve been able to adjust in a more
> positive way.
> 
> 
> I’ve been adjusting to blindness for 19 years. 13 of those years I shared
> your sentiment, blindness was the worst thing that could have happened to
> me.  I was stuck in my internalized ableism and in no place to hear the
> positive messages about blindness.
> 
> 
> I had no idea how much I had adopted society’s negative messages of
> blindness. Hook line and sinker.  Until I met NFB members and got involved.
> Well, I have gotten a lot of organizing wit