A Reflection : Three Days to See

"Only deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessing that lie in sight," - Helen Keller. She is the woman who succeed in life despite of the difficulties she encountered being deaf and blind. "Three Days to See", her remarkable essay that opened the eyes of those who disregard the importance of sight and awakened the ears of those who fail to acknowledge the significance of hearing, and I myself would be no exception. 

I shut my eyes and everything I see is darkness. I tightly close my ears and all I hear is silence. Those few minutes of being unable to perceive and incapable to hear aroused my sleeping soul. Meanwhile, the words of Miss Keller keep flashing to my mind and made me realize that I neglected a lot of things. I became blind; I haven't utilized the sense of sight in an upright manner. Only the undesirable matters are recognized by my eyes which causes me to grumble and complain. Furthermore, all I could see are the mistakes of others that causes me to judge them without thinking that everyone and everything is imperfect. Criticism always comes first because only the outer part of something is what I look at; I barely ponder to the inner side of those things. I then realized this is the reason why I couldn't cherish the beauty of everything that I have. I was struck into the negative chunk of the world and i admit it was my wrong. I learned to embrace every object that comes within my vision and to value the entirety of what I posses like they'll all be gone tomorrow to be able to make life worth living.

Another golden though that Helen Keller's essay left me is to fabricate the essence of living even how miserable our life is. Everything has its own reason and we must concede the fact that problems arises for us to learn and these are God's instruments to fulfill our mission. He only provided what is best for us. Honestly, I often find myself being insecure to what others possess but I realize I must not because there are things that I possess which they don't. Thus, I must always be grateful for all the blessings that He had endowed to me. Likewise, Helen Keller doesn't have the sense of sight and hearing yet these did not hinder her to achieve what she aims for, instead, she uses these to touch one's life. As what they say, we couldn't always have what we love but we could love what we have. Therefore, let us make the most of every sense.