Eyesight

After eye surgery thoughts:

Close your eyes. Let your memory take you back to a moment of something amazing. What colors do you see? What aromas do you smell? What sounds do you hear? How hot or cold does the memory feel? The senses join forces, recreating a snapshot from your life.
Seeing your child for the first time. Watching a perfectly executed Kata. Jumping in the cold lake on a hot day. Moments profound and routine add up – and that’s a life. It wouldn’t be quite the same if one of our precious senses were missing, would it?

Now everyday, normal people learn to live their lives in just that way – whether they’re blind or hearing impaired or otherwise. If you have all your senses, you’re fortunate. And if you can see, then look around and imagine life dark. Then you just might have a moment, even if it’s tiny, where you appreciate the gift of vision. It’s something most people don’t take time to do.

“A lot of people take their eyesight for granted, and I think that’s unfortunate, how important the precious gift of vision is.
For people who are blind, life presents challenges you’d never think about facing every day. And that’s why Blind, sometimes you don’t know what you have unless you lose it.