Sight Without Vision

"...worse than being blind is having sight,

but no vision."

Anonymous 

My beloved friend, Louise who recently passed, was afflicted with Macular Degenerate Disease which means her eye sight decreased to blindness over a period of years.  Louise read books, needlework, gardening, and had meticulous penmanship.  When her inherited infliction took hold, she tried everything possible to preserve what little sight remained, and her heart remained filled with visions.

In contrast, I observed a young man who was in his prime, but he did not have vision which would have allowed him to build upon creative meaning.  As he floated along the river of life, his lack of vision stirred nothing within.  Never holding his short sighted view responsible, he took issue with the world surrounding him.

The contrast between my friend and the young man was striking and stirred a multitude of emotions within me.  I could do nothing for sweet Louise and the young man had no initiative to focus.  All of us have choices ... either to restrict vision or to be aware,   It is vision, not eye sight that activates or skills which we have been so generously given.