Monday, November 9, 2009
. Justine's DiD Experience
11:19 AM
Last Wednesday I went to Dialogue in the Dark, not knowing what to expect. I came out of Dialogue in the Dark speechless.
The experience blew me away.
Imagine going into a museum. There are different rooms, all having different settings. For example one room is a setting of a park, you can hear the birds chirping, smell the fresh air, touch the leaves and bushes, and even taste the fruits. You can hear, smell, taste and even touch, but the catch is this, you can't see a thing. You are in pitch black darkness. However you are being led by a guide throughout this whole hour of exhibition. At the end of it, when you walk out of the darkness and into the light, you realize the guide who led you throughout the whole process is actually a blind person.
Wow. I learnt something powerful today, it is like a revelation. People always have a stereotype that the blind are handicapped in our society. However, in the dark, we are actually the handicapped ones, and they are leading us! They maneuver best in darkness, they are in their element. How creative is that? Not only does it provide jobs for the blind community. It also techs people like us that being blind doesn't mean you are incapable. In fact, you can even SEE life from a different point of view.
The thing is you may be visually-abled, but have no vision in your life. Are you just dragging your feet to school, work, home, nd just living a routine lifestyle with no sense of achievement? Then you should stop what you are doing and reflect on this. Ar you happy with your life? What is it that you wanted to do but did not? Maybe it's time you go to Dialogue in the Dark.
I started thinking about it myself too. I don't want to look back at my life 10-20 years down the road and regret not living my life to the fullest. Not accomplishing what I set out to do. Not running with a vision and purpose.
See people, you may have your sight, but running life without a vision. It is like running a marathon but yet you are running the wrong direction. You can still run, full speed! At record-breaking time! But wait a minute, you're way off track!. Eventually you realise that you are further away from the finishin line, then you were at the start. Don't live life without a vision, a dream and a purpose. Life would be meaningless. Start dreaming again. Start beliving. Start visualizing. If you can see it, you can have it.
I love this quote:
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision".
-Helen Keller
(American Author, Political Activist, Lecturer, Born deaf and blind)
2 Corinthians 4:18, 5:7 (NKJV)
While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal..
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
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