Please excuse me for running long.
A young boy - I'd guess about 10 - stopped me today in the street and straight away said "are you blind?". No 'hello', just straight to the point. So I explained that I am partially sighted. Then he says "I've never met a blind person before". Sensing his curiosity I said "well do you want to ask any questions?". Again, he went straight for gold with "What's it like to be blind?". I told him it can be frustrating, when I try to do something, that I was able to do before, but that my eyesight is no longer good enough for some tasks. I went on to say that I expect he's seen people with just one arm, or people with one leg - or no legs and they seem to be getting on with life - in whatever way they can. We humans - we adapt. We are good at adapting. He agreed. We said our goodbyes.
This was a lesson for me. Adapt. Here at Treeleaf, in my daily practice, in life. Never give up. Adapt.
I hope I meet that boy again for another lesson - for both of us.
Gasshō
Seiko
stlah
A young boy - I'd guess about 10 - stopped me today in the street and straight away said "are you blind?". No 'hello', just straight to the point. So I explained that I am partially sighted. Then he says "I've never met a blind person before". Sensing his curiosity I said "well do you want to ask any questions?". Again, he went straight for gold with "What's it like to be blind?". I told him it can be frustrating, when I try to do something, that I was able to do before, but that my eyesight is no longer good enough for some tasks. I went on to say that I expect he's seen people with just one arm, or people with one leg - or no legs and they seem to be getting on with life - in whatever way they can. We humans - we adapt. We are good at adapting. He agreed. We said our goodbyes.
This was a lesson for me. Adapt. Here at Treeleaf, in my daily practice, in life. Never give up. Adapt.
I hope I meet that boy again for another lesson - for both of us.
Gasshō
Seiko
stlah
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