The Things We Take For Granted
While playing with my grandson last night I took my glasses off to make bunny faces and SNAP, my glasses broke. I was recently at the optometrist to have my glasses adjusted as the lens kept popping out. Maybe it wasnât a loose screw that needed adjusting after all.
So here I sit, with the computer screen zoomed to 200%. I can read fine, but the letters are blurry and I know if I go for long like this I will certain get a headache. So, back to the optometrist I go. Thankfully, I have a second set of distance glasses, which I use when golfing because without glasses Iâm as blind as a bat!
As I awoke this morning, sans glasses, I thought about my eyesight and even with it being very poor without aid, I wondered how I would function without my eyesight. What a learning curve that would be â for everyone in the family. Everything in its place, thatâs for sure. No more toys lying around the house, all personal items must be kept in the correct spot in the medicine cabinet, no more driving! Yes, there would be mourning for the opportunities lost and the things you will never experience again. But, by losing one of your senses you will then be put into a situation where you are to experience life in another manner. Of course losing my sight would also mean no more washing dishes or laundry. Who wants to eat off dirty dishes and have their clothing turned odd colors or bleached out? But, what blind person wouldnât actually wish to see a dirty dish if they were given a chance?
On a karmic level, there is a reason for everything that happens in your life. If you lost your sense of hearing, maybe you didnât listen to others in a past life. In this life, losing your hearing would be an opportunity â not a punishment. Losing your hearing would be an opportunity to truly listen to others â maybe not with your ears, but with your heart! Losing your sight would possibly open the door to new opportunity for you to use your voice in a more public manner or to hear others more fully.
Yes, we take many things in our life for granted. Whether itâs your sight, your hearing, your job, your significant other or your family. While you can learn to deal without such luxuries, would you want to?
Rev. Lisa Bousson
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"Yes, we take many things in our life for granted. Whether itâs your sight, your hearing, your job, your significant other or your family. While you can learn to deal without such luxuries, would you want to?
Rev. Lisa Bousson"
Dear Rev. Lisa,
Very lovely post and so very true. Thank you for sharing it.
While I personally am accustomed to my various senses, and would not like to be without any of them, I think I would grow accustomed, in time, to the new life I would have to experience should I lose one. Perhaps there are new joys that can be found in such conditions, but that would also require one to embrace the possibilities of it too. Some would view it as a punishment, and others, a fact of life. But there are the few who may find the blessing in the opportunity they have been given. Which one each of us would be, would only be revealed when we are actually facing the experience, myself included.
God’s blessings,
Rev. Campbell.
Rev. Lisa Bousson"
Dear Rev. Lisa,
Very lovely post and so very true. Thank you for sharing it.
While I personally am accustomed to my various senses, and would not like to be without any of them, I think I would grow accustomed, in time, to the new life I would have to experience should I lose one. Perhaps there are new joys that can be found in such conditions, but that would also require one to embrace the possibilities of it too. Some would view it as a punishment, and others, a fact of life. But there are the few who may find the blessing in the opportunity they have been given. Which one each of us would be, would only be revealed when we are actually facing the experience, myself included.
God’s blessings,
Rev. Campbell.
QUOTE (pathmender @ Jun 30 2009, 08:43 PM) 
"Yes, we take many things in our life for granted. Whether itâs your sight, your hearing, your job, your significant other or your family. While you can learn to deal without such luxuries, would you want to?
Rev. Lisa Bousson"
Dear Rev. Lisa,
Very lovely post and so very true. Thank you for sharing it.
While I personally an accustomed to my various senses, and would not like to be without any of them, I think I would grow accustomed, in time, to the new life I would have to experience should I lose one. Perhaps there are new joys that can be found in such conditions, but that would also require one to embrace the possibilities of it too. Some would view it as a punishment, and others, a fact of life. But there are the few who may find the blessing in the opportunity they have been given. Which one each of us would be, would only be revealed when we are actually facing the experience, myself included.
God’s blessings,
Rev. Campbell.
Rev. Lisa Bousson"
Dear Rev. Lisa,
Very lovely post and so very true. Thank you for sharing it.
While I personally an accustomed to my various senses, and would not like to be without any of them, I think I would grow accustomed, in time, to the new life I would have to experience should I lose one. Perhaps there are new joys that can be found in such conditions, but that would also require one to embrace the possibilities of it too. Some would view it as a punishment, and others, a fact of life. But there are the few who may find the blessing in the opportunity they have been given. Which one each of us would be, would only be revealed when we are actually facing the experience, myself included.
God’s blessings,
Rev. Campbell.
In 1970 I was blessed the the birth of my oldest daughter. I named her Dawn to represent a new beginning. I cherished her then as I do today, and to me, she was the most beautiful child on the planet. What parent does not hold this to be true? But then in the summer of 1972, I noticed a dramatic change in my vision, distortions and blurriness, which would eventually lead to blindness. I had a disease called histoplasmosis which entered my system and was causing bleeding hemmorhages within my eyes. There was no cure I was told by the best eye surgeons in this country. As the diseased progressed I had to tell my foster father, a giant of a man, and asked to live with them because I could no longer care for my daughter. The first time in my life, I saw him weep bitterly over my condition. I was his charge and he was so proud of the horse shows I had won, my innate ability to train hoses, my love of animals and nature, he knew I was a very visual person. Seeing his tears nearly destroyed me and I became angry, not at him, not at God, but at this insane disease that was causing him so much pain. So I prayed....earnestly, that if it be God's Will for me, He should take this burden from me and restore my sight. Ever so slowly, things began to clear, until miraculously, today I have very good vision....which I have never again taken for granted. I have learned to appreciate the tiniest details in the world and maintain my spirit of gratitutde and love for my Creator.
But that's not the end of my story....In 1973 My foster father died and the following month we discovered that my precious little girl was deaf! She would be destined to live her life in a world of not pure silence, but of muffled sounds that had no meaning and would learn to lip read and speak with the rest of the world as best she could. Then two years ago, she was approved to be a candidate for a cochlear implant. In January of 2008, I picked up the telephone and a young woman said, "Is this Jamie?" I said "Yes it is. Who is this this?" She said, "This is your daughter, Dawn!" She had heard my voice for the first time in 37 years! Proof that God and science can work together for the good of mankind.
Another miracle? To our family, yes. Maybe not to someone else whose plight has not been recognized or remedied. I don't know why we were so blessed with these two events, and there were many more throughout my lifetime, but I have an "attitude of gratitude" about everything around me and everybody who walks into my life. And I share these words of hope with them, in the Spirit of Truth, that they too may find themselves in the unique position to receive a bountiful blessing from our Creator. Had I not seen the pain in my foster fathers heart and prayed for God to relieve him, praying for him and not for pitiful little me, would my voice and cries have been heard? Maybe not. But I have found that my greatest rewards have been realized through my earnest prayers for others. And, the reality of it all, is that I still have the disease that caused my blindness. I will carry it the rest of my days. And it looms ever so near with the threat of once again, taking away one of the most precious senses we have, the gift of sight. And my daughter now hears the birds sing, and water flowing, and of course, the cacophony of street sounds caused by mankinds inventions. And with the gifts we receive from the most gracious Spirit of the Universe, we will also experience the bitter with the sweet. It is what gives us balance and appreciation for creation.....God's Love and Peace to you Lisa, and my dear sister Pathmender....To`na Wanagi
Oh, the miracles that God can bring! What beautiful stories. Thank you.
Thank you both for these fine stories of your personal journey
Peace and Love
Rob
Peace and Love
Rob
Thank You for the inspiration
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