Blindness- ability or disability?

I just finished the book 'I am POTENTIAL Eight Lessons on Living, Loving and Reaching Your Dreams' by Patrick Henry Hughes with Patrick John Hughes and Bryant Stamford.

Patrick Henry and Patrick John are a father son duo who have faced life's obstacles and overcome them! They came to my church in January to share their story.......
Patrick Henry Hughes was born with an extremely rare genetic disorder: arms that could not straighten, legs that would never be able to walk, and most devastating of all, permanent blindness. He had been born with no eyes. www.iampotentialbook.com

Their story is AMAZING!!!! If you are looking for a good book, I highly suggest you take the time to read the book..it is very inspirational! Patrick Henry plays the piano, sings, plays the trumpet in the marching band for the University of Louisville, and is going to graduate from college this year with a degree in Spanish. His perspective on life is AMAZING! His story has touched my life and has helped me see things in a different perspective.

This excerpt from the book sums up how we should live our life everyday.....
When you share your unique gifts, you discover the path to your potential the plan God had for you from the moment you were born.
So live now, give now, love now and laugh as much as you can ~ Patrick Henry Hughes 'I am POTENTIAL'

We are all blind in some way...we choose which glasses to put on to view certain situations in our life or to view the world.

It's so easy for us to see other people's blindness, yet not see our own!
We so often get frustrated or struggle with the fact that other's can't see their own blindness. We need to understand that we may need to change our behavior toward others in order to help them see their blindness. We also need to have the courage to look at our own blind spots and to ask others to help us recognize our blindness.

We must also understand and ACCEPT that some people may choose to remain blinded. I encourage you to focus on your blind spots and to do what you feel comfortable doing to help gain a new perspective on the things you currently do not want to see.

Being blind can be a disability, because you cannot see what is going on....sighted people make the choice to be blind to things. Patrick Henry views blindness as an ability...he can't see, never could, but he is able to use his other senses to view the world, or should I say, use his sense of touch to feel the world around him. Is some of your blindness attributed to what you can see with your eyes? Try to view it with another sense...try to see beyond yourself, your fears, your shortcomings.