[nfbwatlk] Competing on Terms of Equality

[Kristina Lawrence]

Very true, Ben. BTW, you missed a bit of dust on the left knee <g>

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)
<Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov> wrote:
> Mike,
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> This article particularly applies to me anyway.  I am constantly
> monitoring my behavior as it relates to others, and often recognizing in
> advance that I'm falling short of my own principles and expectations.
> It's a constant struggle, and EVALUATION of our FEELINGS ABOUT
> BLINDNESS, HENCE OUR confidence in ourselves  WHICH IS important.  No
> one is perfect, and we SHOULDN'T  beat ourselves up if we sometimes
> don't do what we know we can do.  But, if we keep getting up after
> falling, dusting ourselves off, and starting over again to live our
> philosophy, we and the world we live in will be much better for it.  I
> just don't want us to use the excuse that "well, I'll do better next
> time" to short change ourselves and/or other blind people.  In the
> continuing era of 70 percent unemployment of the blind, I believe we
> must continue to strive to demonstrate that we can and will compete on
> terms of equality.
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> Thanks for the article.
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> /s/
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> Bennett Prows
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