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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;
and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.
Proverbs 1:5
A youthful Helen
Teacher Anne
Sullivan
Helen Keller was left deaf and blind by an incurable
childhood illness. A patient and persistent teacher,
Anne Sullivan, taught her to read through her senses
of touch, smell, and taste.
At the close of her autobiography Helen Keller writes:
Fate - silent, pitiless - bars the way. Fain would I
question his imperious decree; for my heart is undisciplined
and passionate, but my tongue will not utter the bitter,
futile words that rise to my lips, and they fall back into
my heart like unshed tears. Silence sits immense upon my
soul. Then comes hope with a smile and whispers,
"There is joy in self-forgetfulness." So I try to make
the light in other people's eyes my sun, the music in
others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips
my happiness.
Keller & Sullivan l889
for more on Helen Keller try these other
links
http://www.river.org/~dhawk/keller.html
http://www.afb.org/default.asp
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/keller.html
Silence can be used to nurture pouting, anger, and hatred.
Far better uses for silence are reflecting, meditating, and
listening. It is only when we are truly silent before the
Lord that we can hear His still small voice speaking in our souls.
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