A Soulful Journey

I've heard of the rainbows Of the stars Of the play of light on the waves These I would like to see. But far more than sight I wish for my ears To be opened To the voice of a friend the happy, busy noises of community, The imaginations of Mozart. Life without these is darker by far Than blindness.”   - Helen Keller

"I, who am blind, can give but one hint to those who can see. One admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: use your eyes is if you would be stricken blind! And the same method could be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of orchestra as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object as though tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you would never smell, or taste again. Make the most of every sense, glory in all the facets of pleasure or beauty which the world reveals to you…"   -Helen Keller

Thoughts of Helen Keller They took away what should have been my eyes, But I remembered Milton’s Paradise. They took away what should have been my ears, Beethoven came and wiped away my tears, They took away what should have been my tongue, But I talked to God when I was young. He would not let them take my soul- Possessing that, I still possess the whole! -Unknown Thank God for what is.