Thursday, August 02, 2007
OPEN YOUR GIFT.....
A normal day for me begins around 6:30 when I wake up. I thank God every day for the gift of life and the normal function of my senses. As I thank Him for my eyes, I realize the gift it is for sight. Many people wake up each day in darkness and must go through their day depending on their other senses to get them through.
The blind are grateful for the sense of touch and smell…….and to be able to hear. I cannot imagine a life without sight and sound which provide so much beauty and safety. Our ears and eyes not only give us pleasure but they work hard to alert us to danger. God bestows mercy and ability to people who have neither sight nor sound but can describe color and flowers in amazing detail. People like Helen Keller who against all odds became a painter on canvas for the rest of us.
It is written of her: “That she is annoying to a certain type of mindset in describing something she obviously cannot know through direct sensation. The annoyance is mutual. Her sensations whatever expert opinion may be, are as real to her as any others.
Pink is “like a baby’s cheek, or a soft Southern breeze.” Gray is “like a soft shawl around the shoulders.” Yellow is “like the sun. It means life and is rich in promise.” There are two kinds of brown. “One is warm and friendly, like the leaf mould. The other is like the trunks of aged trees with worn holes in them or like withered hands.” Lilac, which is her teacher’s favorite color, makes her think of faces she has loved or kissed.” The warm sun brings out odors that make her think of red. Coolness brings out odors that make her think of green. A sparkling color brings to mind soap bubbles quivering under her hand. (Nella Braddy)
No matter how you see color, hear only what you want or a touch brings pain to your sense of feeling……..if you close your eyes, you will see color in it’s purest form, hear music singing in your soul and feel the touch of angels.
………but…….it is only if you want to.
Until tomorrow, I am,
Essentially Esther
The blind are grateful for the sense of touch and smell…….and to be able to hear. I cannot imagine a life without sight and sound which provide so much beauty and safety. Our ears and eyes not only give us pleasure but they work hard to alert us to danger. God bestows mercy and ability to people who have neither sight nor sound but can describe color and flowers in amazing detail. People like Helen Keller who against all odds became a painter on canvas for the rest of us.
It is written of her: “That she is annoying to a certain type of mindset in describing something she obviously cannot know through direct sensation. The annoyance is mutual. Her sensations whatever expert opinion may be, are as real to her as any others.
Pink is “like a baby’s cheek, or a soft Southern breeze.” Gray is “like a soft shawl around the shoulders.” Yellow is “like the sun. It means life and is rich in promise.” There are two kinds of brown. “One is warm and friendly, like the leaf mould. The other is like the trunks of aged trees with worn holes in them or like withered hands.” Lilac, which is her teacher’s favorite color, makes her think of faces she has loved or kissed.” The warm sun brings out odors that make her think of red. Coolness brings out odors that make her think of green. A sparkling color brings to mind soap bubbles quivering under her hand. (Nella Braddy)
No matter how you see color, hear only what you want or a touch brings pain to your sense of feeling……..if you close your eyes, you will see color in it’s purest form, hear music singing in your soul and feel the touch of angels.
………but…….it is only if you want to.
Until tomorrow, I am,
Essentially Esther
