I did it again
For my New Year’s resolution this year I have been working
and praying hard that I would stop giving people blunt and unkind answers. In
spite of everything, it seems I do this more than ever. Immediately I catch
myself after it is done, but I need to catch myself before it is done.
This morning a knock on my door aroused me from my computer.
I am expecting company and was disappointed when a man stood on my front porch
instead. “You know who is your present area representative,” he asked,
evidently handing me a card as he spoke. My first response was “What?” He
pushed the card into my hand as he said “You can read it here on this card.”
I said: “Sir, I can’t
read the card but I know who my representative is.
He said: Does someone
take you to vote?”
I answered: “No
worries, I do always vote.”
Poor guy at a loss for words said “Well you put this where
somebody can read it for you so you can remember to vote and who to vote for.”
To which I bluntly answered:
“OH, I’m just blind, not dumb.”
Here I think I am writing a blog to help sighted people
understand blindness and for us to yield to mistakes people make and help them
understand. A man just left my door probably terribly embarrassed who may avoid
blind people forever. Why didn’t I ask something intelligent like: “Are you my representative?” Sometimes I really
act dumb. So, all you sighted folks, give us more than one chance to prove we
really are nice people … most of the time.
