Helen Keller

Thinking Out Loud

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Love Conquers All

In her work, Optimism, Helen Keller writes, “Once I knew the depth, where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. Once I knew only darkness and stillness. Now I know hope and joy. Once I fretted and beat myself against the wall that shut me in. Now I rejoice in the consciousness that I can think, act, and attain Heaven. My life was without past or future;  . . . but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand, the clutch and emptiness, and my heart leapt to the rapture of living. Night fled before the day of thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a passion to the obedience of knowledge. Can anyone who has escaped such captivity, who has felt the thrill and glory of freedom, be a pessimist? Pps. 9-10

NOTE: One of my favorite mantras is, “Love always wins.” You’ll see it every now and again on my blog. Helen Keller felt the touch of love. It opened her heart to a new and beautiful world even though she was deaf and blind. That’s what love does to us. It opens up new and beautiful worlds. Love is the miracle that each of us can work. We have the power of love to open up new and beautiful worlds for each other.

Thinking Out Loud

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Is Your Cup Overflowing?

I am reading Optimism by Helen Keller. It available free at Gutenberg.org. Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing after an illness at age 19 months. When she was seven she met Anne Sullivan who taught her language skills. Keller went on to become an author (she published 12 books) international speaker, and political activist for social justice causes and world peace.

In her work, Optimism, Helen Keller writes, “Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical pleasure and material possession. Could they win some visible goal which they have set on the horizon, how happy they would be! Lacking this gift or that circumstance, they would be miserable. If happiness is to be so measured, I who cannot hear or see have every reason to sit in a corner with folded hands and weep. If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life,—if, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing.” P. 9

NOTE: I like being around optimists. I like being around people who, when they get knocked down, bounce back up and keep on keeping on. They have a fire in their belly. Their minds filter out the naysayers, critics, and doomsday thinkers. They are the embodiment of hope. Our world needs more optimists. Our world needs more people bringing the light to the darkness and letting us know that tomorrow will better than today.

 

 

Today’s Inspiration ~ Stand Tall!

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“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”

~ Helen Keller

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Today’s Inspiration ~ The Heart Sees What the Eyes Cannot See

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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”

~ Helen Keller

Today’s Inspiration ~ Keep Your Eyes Open

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“Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller

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