Blind and seeing the World

Yesterday I had a client who came here for a holiday and she is blind! After speaking to her for awhile I was so amazed at what she is doing even tho’ she is blind!

If you were blind what would you be doing? Traveling I believe will be the last thing on your mind as it will be so troublesome and you can’t see what’s there anyway right? Well! This lady had travel like to most part of the world! Gosh! She has been to (just to name a few) Canada, New Zealand, Europe, Indonesia (Bali), even China and now to Malaysia. She said her next target will be Japan! Wah!!! And she is blind must I remind you? She told me all these places are beautiful and is different! She said the hotel that she is staying in now (Sutera) is beautiful! I scratch my head! How the heck she knows? And she said “Dear, we the blind see the world and paint it very beautifully! More beautifully then those who can see…” Then I was thinking to myself you get to do that at home anyway? Before I finish thinking she said “It’s different being there and just painting how beautiful the country is, because if you are there you get to smell the air and meet the people that brings meeting to travelling…” WOW!!!! That’s so true isn’t it? We travel is because we want to meet the people there and get to understand them better.

If what she has told me so far has amazed you… GET this she is staying alone in Australia too!!! Bear in mind she is blind! Wah!!! She told me all her children are grown up and has their own lives and the closest son is staying er… like as far from KK to Tawau. Amazing woman ya? And she said this “Oh.. I can’t be a burden to others, I need to be independent so that others can live their life to the fullest!” What a great attitude she has!

I’ve been inspired by her much and will need to do more!! I’m not blind BUT I feel that I’m not even doing as much as she is doing. So I will need to do more and travel more too!