IF ALL YOUR COLORS WERE BLACK

…The beautiful colors of the rainbow…

…The golden lights from the setting sun…

…The beautiful flowers in their splendor…

…The warming smiles that brightens your day…

…The joy of watching your children play, take their first steps and grow…

…The twinkling stars arrayed in the night sky…

What if you never had seen them before?

Imagine for a moment; what if all your colors were black?

Consider this simple but mind touching experiment of being blindfolded for just a day while performing your regular chore. With or without assistant you’ll agree that those details you’ve failed to consider are truly worthy of your attention.

How we would be more thankful for those simple things we erstwhile have failed to stop for a moment to be grateful for.

I was privileged to be in a meeting recently. A young man in his early thirties donning a nicely fitting 3-piece suit was accompanied to the podium and handed the microphone. He’d walked-up so smartly no one would guess at that moment he had any physical disability. There was a loud applause as he eloquently announced that he’ll be doing some songs from his new 6-track album. It was then I realized that he was familiar to a good number of the audience.

His voice was so captivating and every part of his body was in complete resonance with his singing. Then I noticed something; he did not seem to move beyond one meter radius from the spot where he was handed the microphone. Simi, as he’s fondly called by admirers never had the privilege to know what colors mean or look like.

He was born blind…

As I sat there, watching this young man do his thing all I could think of was, “What if all my colors were BLACK”

That day, I made a resolve to turn my R_eticularA_ctivatingS_ystem to being more thankful for this beautiful GIFT of sight.

I hope you are inspired to do the same.