The Benefits of Blindness This essay is meant to help people use their inner resources to deal with challenges. I have multiple sclerosis and I am legally blind. I have many opportunities to blame my health for not manifesting successfully, but regardless of what I complain about, there is a part of me deep inside that doesn’t buy excuses.

      My struggle has sent me on an inward journey to find inner resources and in spite of my health condition, I am proud of the quality of my life. In this essay I want to share the benefits of blindness with those who are blind and those who deal with other struggles. What ever your situation is, beyond your negative thoughts is an inner wisdom that also lives a quality life. I encourage each one of us to connect to that inner wisdom and participate in life at your full potential.

       If there is one benefit our struggles can give us is that when you struggle you will either grow and develop yourself in many ways or your struggle will defeat you. Let me share with you the benefits of being legally blind. You may not identify with my struggle or you may; the important thing is for you to connect to a desire to manifest and better your life. That simple desire will automatically make you tap inner resources so that happens.

      These are simple points as I look through my life that shows the benefits of blindness. I encourage you to look at your struggle and find the benefits that improve the quality of your life. Of course you can focus on the negativity in your life, but what does that give you. Focus on the benefits that enhance the quality of your life.

Thoughts that set the tone on how I deal with Blindness

This does not mean you only focus on the positive things in life, it means that you can deal with the negative aspects of life from a positive perspective. I deal with a lot of negative situations and beyond those negative thoughts is the real beauty in my life. Now here is the most important thing about what you focus on-it is totally in your control. I have the opportunity to focus on terrible thoughts and I have the opportunity to transcend thinking and enter silence. In silence I find a spiritual depth and my thinking usually deals with my struggle.

• Most people are legally blind with inner vision & though they can see outside of themselves they are limited in different ways. When I can not see outside of myself, it is natural to look within. I think inner blindness causes more pain and frustration than outer blindness.
• With proper inner focus I can reduce distractions from external things, and control my mind to reduce stress. Blindness may have limited me in my outer world, but it has given me beautiful freedoms when I look within.
• Now this is my most important point; the qualities blindness allowed me to develop is within everyone. My vision may have forced me to tap inner resources, but those qualities are within you now and for every challenge you face they are there for you to rely on.

            The techniques in the Life Skills Approach shares with you what I learned as I dealt with being legally blind. I was able to develop a positive self image and when I fall I don’t get up until I connect to that part of me so I deal with the fall consciously. I get punished when I deal with struggles from a negative self image and that pain usually hurts more than the fall.

            When you can’t see the objects of your thoughts; thinking looses importance. We tend to trust important thoughts so that allowed me to develop a self trust within my self that goes deeper than thinking. Another positive lesson blindness taught me was ways to deal with negative thinking and by doing so I connected to the Wisdom of my Body.

            Blindness was a traumatic adjustment, but it forced me to a depth that improved the rest of my life. I invite you to turn your challenges into blessings through a path of self discovery.

So is there a real choice?