Helen Keller & 3 reminders to raise you up

Hellen Keller experienced an illness during infancy which left her blind and deaf.  She intially reacted to her circumstances wth anger, confusion and frustration.  She realized she seemed different than other people and assumed that silence and darkness were bad. 

As she began to face and listen her inner voice, she began to sense her fears were small and insignificant.  She stopped paying attention to beliefs that weren't to her advantage.  Like Helen, you have power to remind yourself how to raise your awareness:

1)  Uncover your own gifts and potential.  We each have a mind that can be educated, a hand which can be trained, and a path which is right to follow.  Only as you choose not to be controlled by negative emotions can you open up to inner treasures you overlook.

2) Tap into your true power.  Some people assume this simply means to have a dream.  Yet, the truth is found when you stop being ego-centered and self-absorbed.  To realize emotion distorts reality helps you transcend what isn't useful. Do you raise yourself up?

3) Value your imagination.  Your mind gives life to your beliefs.  In order to dissolve or release and unsuitable beliefs and create new ones, you benefit from exploring the power of your imagination to focus on the most meaningful concepts.  Insodoing, you develop the courage to embrace what matters and the determination to discard what doesn't. 

Comments

[lucid]

The story of Helen's life quite amazing, but I have to give recognition to her teacher Ann.... I believe the power to over come and prevail is definitely something we have installed inside us, but I also believe it is important to choose good teachers, who themselves, are walking down a similar path.

Have a great day Liara!

[Liara Covert]

Lucid, you draw our attention to a key point. In our lives, we are each given opportunities to learn from people and circumstances that are all 'teachers.' We recognize them when ready. We progress by our own will and external encouragement.

Helen reminds each of us we all have innate abilities to discern and understand without eyes and other traditional senses. In her case, it was easier not to be distracted by senses she didn't have. She discovered other ones we can also tap into. Why not explore undiscovered possibilities beneath your eyes? We empower or limit ourselves in the mind.

[Alexys Fairfield]

Miss Keller was a brilliant teacher and visionary who didn't need physical eyes to see the gifts of life.

[Liara Covert]

Alexys, human beings are often unaware perception of significant 'stumbling blocks' relates to how we have been conditioned to "see." Many people actually spend a long time unlearning how to use their obvious senses in order to uncover abilities they forgot.

French author Marcel Proust reminds us, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."