Oh! Now I see...

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen; Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else”…C.S.Lewis.

Who’s There?

There was this old man named Balo who had apparently been all by himself for as long as I can remember. Balo was not privileged with the luxury of sight, though he stood out regardless.

Incredibly, he was an independent person who neglected all odds and negativity going ahead to achieve virtually anything he desired. Of course the tortuous experience he must have passed through is best left to imagination. He could tell when it would rain, knew when a car was coming, perhaps could perceive if someone lied to him, would easily recognize the voice of a long time casual acquaintance and could even in some way tell the time.

He single handedly did his laundry, prepared his meals, went to work and also did so much more that would make one doubt he’s blind.

Then one day, as you would expect, something amazing happened, so astonishing that perhaps his sight restored.

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand”…Confucius.

In Principle.

It is has been scientifically and medically proven that people without sight develop the prowess of their remaining senses to the highest level so much that their sight becomes relatively overlooked.

As imperative as the sense of sight is, its magnificence glows like a light in the dark with the complementarities of the other senses. The collaboration of the senses of touch, smell, hearing and taste team up with sight to bring the human intellectual awareness to the highest pedestal.

“Now I see the secret of making the best person; It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the Earth”…Walt Whitman.

Relating To Reality.

The unison of the senses further proves or rather justifies co-operation and division of labour to be important and integral elements for both survival and achieving excellence. In the awakening of the new realization of the power of systems especially in accountable organizations, from as big as countries to as seemingly trivial as our everyday personal lives, the successes of establishments have become obviously predictable.

Corruption, terrorism, poverty, illiteracy and the likes are our curses because we in some perhaps vague ways have voluntarily opted for them as a short cut option, which has not only boomeranged back at us, but whose impact seems to reverberate sternly with indirectly proportionate consequences so much as to shake the earth violently to her very core.

“What’s going on?” as Legendary Marvin Gaye asked in his song where he seemingly wailed to inquire what was really wrong with such a beautiful world yet filled with unwarranted hate, killings, propagandas, conspiracy and the likes. In the prevalence advent of racism, prejudiced indictments and shameless celebration of mediocrity, we obviously are too blind to see that we only constantly hurt ourselves as what goes around comes around. It is however unbelievable that a group of privileged elites have exploited the system to empower themselves at the expense of the majority, amassing untold wealth for themselves thereby wasting resources according to the vulnerability of their self concept, and ultimately altering the “Eco-System’.

 

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world”…Mahatma Gandhi.

Legendary music legends like Ray Charles (Of blessed memory) and Stevie Wonder did not have the sense of sight to boast of, but they made up for their so called deficiencies not just by making huge successes out of their singing talents, but also proving to the world that there are actually no excuses or alibis that should deprive us from maximizing our potentials. It is all about faith, courage and initiative.

In the real world, well literally, most of us cannot see, rather we just look and thereby incidentally miss the important stuff. We are uneasy, and so are our eyes, so much that we fail to realize that our nose is right under our very nose.

Maybe it is just the “rat race” that both keeps us on our toes and also restricts us to our comfort zones, tying our thoughts in the isolated box of negatively stereotyped existence and baseless fear.

“The more I see the less I know for sure”…John Lennon.

Blind Balo’s Story (Cont.).

As blind Balo walked gracefully past a grocery store unaided, perhaps due to the increased proficiency of his hearing, he heard a loud and exciting sigh from a kid close by.

As Balo promptly and gently inquired of the kid what fared in the vicinity that spurred so loud an exclamation that he could hear it clearly beyond his ears but also with his heart. Gladly the kid while still gazing at whatever amazed his youthful soul said;

“Can you not see it sir? The sky sprawls in the most wonderful shade of blue, while the puffy clouds decorates it with splendid gait shading the Sun, the rainbow adds colour of unbelievable high contrast as if to form a roller coaster for the happily singing birds to grace, “indeed” reiterated the young lad, “life is beautiful”.

“Oh” replied blind Balo, heaving a sigh of relief and the tone of a contented old man, “Now I see”…

 

Thank you,

Akin Abimbola (akinzogee@yahoo.com)

 

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