THE WORLD WE SEE

I wonder what kind of world we’d live in if everyone was blind.

I wonder if we lived in total darkness how our world would be defined.

It’s true…we could not see the sunrise paint her colors across the sky…we could not see our children’s smile…without the benefit of our eyes…

But wouldn’t it be harder to be prejudiced if our sight was kept within…

If we could not see the differences in the colors of our skin?

It’s true we could not see the beauty of the rainbow…the vibrant colors of the rose…the kaleidoscope of leaves in Autumn…or the pure white winter snows…

But wouldn’t it be harder to go to war…wouldn’t wars be impossible to create…if we could not see the people on the other side…the ones we’re supposed to hate?

There would be no need for guns to settle our disputes if we could not see the other person the one we want to shoot.

It’s true we would never witness a waterfall…the view from atop a mountain high…we’d never see the vastness of the ocean…or an endless star-filled sky.

But without our sight…between our other senses there would be more interplay…and, perhaps, we would listen more to what others have to say.

Most of us, however, were not meant to live in a world whose beauty we cannot see…so we’ve learned to live with the hate…the prejudice…the wars and the bigotry…

But that doesn’t stop me from wondering if our world would be a little kinder…

if those of us who can see…

were…

perhaps…

a little blinder.