Funny because on my last post I actually wrote 'Next Time' instead of 'Tomorrow'. I was so convinced that I'd end up procrastinating again. But here I am writing today, which was tomorrow yesterday. Fail. I bet if I write 'Tomorrow' at the end of this post I won't be able to write for a day or two again. How pathetic is that? Well I guess it depends on the topic I'm writing about... I mean if the topic doesn't excite me all that much I obviously won't feel as enthusiastic and won't be able to write a lot about it. While we're on the subject, I can officially say that yesterday's post was my least favorite. I don't know why I chose that topic, I guess I just needed to think of one quickly and boom: 'White Lies'. Blah.
For today's topic, I started thinking of 'what ifs' and the first thing I thought of, as odd as it may be, was being blind. And in this post, I'll share with you the things that rushed in my head as soon as I thought of the word 'blind'. It's funny because I keep on typing 'bling' instead of 'blind'. Well it wouldn't be so bad to be a 'bling' either, hanging over someone's neck or whatever. Simply exquisite. Anyway, how do you think you'd feel if you were indeed,
If I were blind, it'd be of course, a sad thing, but somewhat good too. Why is it a good thing? Well... Actually I might start with why it would be a sad thing. They're obvious reasons, but it wouldn't hurt to point them out. Being blind would be sad because you won't be able to appreciate most of the beautiful things around you. For me, being blind could be one of the worst because I like to take inspiration from the things I see around me, I like to appreciate color, and I like to see it when I'm able to make someone happy. But there are also the more selfish reasons like not knowing what you look like and worrying if anyone will ever like you, or not being able to see a good movie. Scratch selfish. I say dumb reasons.
But why would it be a good thing? Well to start off, take a good look around you. The things around us these days aren't really as pleasant as they used to be, are they? At least if I were blind, I don't have to see the ugly things happening around me. I'd have no reason to judge someone from the outside, because when I like someone it'd be because I like them from the inside. I'd be able to see the goodness in people, regardless of how they look. I mean sure, being blind is one serious disability, but if you think about it, it wouldn't be all that bad. Especially when you're sick of all the judging, like I am. I'm not saying that I wish I was blind, I'm saying that blind people have that advantage. And they're quite lucky for it.
I know some people make fun of or take advantage of blind people. I'm not even going to tell you that it's wrong. You should already know how wrong it is. Being able to see is a blessing, there's no doubt about that. So embrace it. Appreciate everything that you can do, because there are a lot of people out there that are not even half as able as you. The one thing that they surely have though, is faith. Now you don't have to be religious to have 'faith' in something. Yes, they are disabled, but they don't give up, and they try to see and enjoy life as it is for them. That's something that most of us don't understand. We complain about our lives all the time, and only start to appreciate something when it's gone. I know that's such a cliché, but it's so true. Don't you think?
Tomorrow: Our Childhood
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