Having established previously that I am a fool, I shall now take it that all my mistakes henceforth will be forgiven and forgotten in light of my pleading stupid.
Last Sunday I had gone to play and had managed to misread the Shuttle time table, as a result of which had to walk all the way back from the Intramural Fields to my home. At night. Alone.
Which was alright except that I also managed to scare another girl walking ahead of me!
Don't ask me why. Apparently my very presence scares people off!

So I was walking the walk, when I noticed this blind guy coming down the street on the pavement. I moved aside softly and though he was pretty far, he still managed to hear me.
Then he looked up and said "Hi!". I recovered from my astonishment and quickly returned his greeting, which in turn led him to place my position exactly.
So now this blind man is looking straight at me and says "Do you know if there is a Church around? I know there is a Church on 24th, I am not able to find it"

Well to begin with I did not know where a Church was, but since I am claiming stupidity we shall ignore that. Besides I was taken aback. It struck me that the street we were walking on was in fact 24th. Besides it was late night and deserted. God knows how he figured out the street number! God knows how he even crossed the streets all by himself with no traffic sound signals! And he wanted to go to a Church now, all by himself!

Gathering from my incoherent muttering he quickly grasped that I was pretty useless and cheerfully walked on saying " Don't worry ! I'll ask someone else. Good night! "

I didn't need to belabour the point so, except that I need a nice big break from work. :P
Anyway my point was that I was amazed at the independence and confidence of this blind guy! In fact I am frequently impressed by the resilience and courage shown by many disabled people living their life cheerfully and proudly.

Compare them with me. Us. We with our little worries and small disadvantages, create such a brouhaha for every little inconvenience we face! There are people in this world with far graver issues and struggles and they carry on with such amazing courage, perseverance and good cheer.

Maybe we all should step back and remind ourselves of our incredible good fortune now and then :)