Three Blind Mice

As human beings,
We have practically
An infinite capacity
Make peace with
The conditions
Of our lives,
No matter how difficult
They may seem.
Our ability to do so
Is the key
To our resiliency
In the face of
Great challenges.
This was demonstrated
In a discussion I had
With three blind students
At the Braille Institute
Where I doing some
Volunteer teaching.
Each had gone blind
At a different time
In their life,
And found a way
To rationalize
That their particular time
Was the perfect time
To lose their sight.
One girl was blind
From birth,
So she has no idea
What she is missing
And was content with that.
One guy lost his vision
When he was eighteen,
And consequently
Never had to work.
He considered that
A compensating benefit.
The other student
Lost her vision
When she was in her sixties,
And figured
She had already seen
All she needed to see.
I was stunned
By the usefulness
And flexibility
Of their rationalizations.