As Helen Keller reminds us, we undervalue our natural gifts that we take for granted:
No deaf child who has earnestly tried to speak the words which he has never heard - to come out of the prison of silence, where no tone of love, no song of bird, no strain of music ever pierces the stillness - can forget the thrill of surprise, the joy of discovery which came over him when he uttered his first word. Only such a one can appreciate the eagerness with which I talked to my toys, to stones, trees, birds and dumb animals, or the delight I felt when at my call Mildred ran to me or my dogs obeyed my commands. It is an unspeakable boon to be able to speak in winged words that need no interpretation. (Quoted from page 60 of The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller, J. A. Macy, and A. Sullivan. New York: Doubleday, Page. 1905.)
For a brief biography of Helen Keller, click here.
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