A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
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Continuing the series about what it took for me to overcome the challenge of becoming blind, here are a few thoughts on the role played by positive attitude. Attitude refers to a default tendency or orientation of the mind. It manifests by influencing the way we react to things that happen to us, usually either …
In my speaking, I tell the story of what happened in the aftermath of being told by the doctors that I would be blind for the rest of my life. It didn’t take me long to realize that I had a choice – to go home and give up, and be angry, bitter, dependent and …
It’s a little over 14 years since I was declared blind. In that time many people have asked me how I coped when it happened, and how I continue to cope as a blind person living in a predominantly sighted world. Looking back over the years I can’t recall much of what I was thinking …