My recent experience in a school for blind children:
I had conducted a program on 3rd Jan, 08 at a school for blind
children. This school seems to be the biggest school for blind
children in India. They have around 350 students and provide totally
free education, boarding and lodging. It was a great experience
for me sharing the secrets of invoking our potential powers with
these visually impaired children. The participation of children
in my talk and the intelligent questions they asked was amazing.
The way they were absorbed in the subject and the confidence they
showed in achieve great heights in their lives was just incomparable.
Some of the students from this school have become software engineers
and are working in top class Indian companies like Wipro, Infosys
etc. Some of them are aiming to become chartered accountant and
IAS officer. They don't look at any sympathy from anybody but
they look at opportunities that too on merits.
These visually impaired students are so lovely, lively, intelligent
and forward looking that people, who are without any disablement
have to learn life lessons from them. Some of my observations
of natural instincts these children live with, which can teach
us life lessons are,
1. Always move in tandem (in harmony) with others and remain
willing to offer help to others.
2. Do not only believe in what you see, use your sixth sense (feelings
in egoless state) to judge a person or situation.
3. Offer gratitude to God for what all you have and do not complain
for what you don't have.
4. Carry on with life unbothered of ups and downs.
5. Irrespective of your encountering unfavorable situations in
life, remain happy all the time.
6. Make best use of your abilities and live joyfully.
7. Look forward and never look backwards.
8. Put sincere efforts towards your goals and not get perturbed
with failures, new opportunities will automatically start flowing
towards you.
9. Turn inward rather than always remaining outward.
- Ramesh Jain
These great life lessons from the blind students can be spread
to others to help people know how to live life.
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