Do you know how it feels like to be disabled one way or another?
Do you know how it feels like to be impaired one way or another?
Often when we see people with disability, we would think of the immediate consequences of the disabilities. And then we stop there. We stop short thinking about what it actually means. What kind of inconveniences they actually experience is what we can’t truly understand.
How do you want to be looked at?
Do you want to look like a princess and looked at as one?
Do you want to look rich and be looked at as one?
How do you look at people with disability?
Do you put on a poker face?
Or do you express your sadness and pity subtly?
Do you scoff or scorn them?
Would you even think twice about how you will look at a normal person?
A disabled person may hate being looked at simply because of the way they are.
A disabled person, in the early stages, might even hate the way he/she looks and thus hate being seen. Therefore it is really not hard to imagine why they avoid social interaction in general.
While you may move about freely; live your life with little restrictions; pursue your aspirations with fewer obstacles than those who are disabled, can you understand their aspirations? Can you understand their wish that they hope to be normal, even if it’s just a little?
They might not even envy your wealth or your academic achievement, they envy your freedom. In this respect, it is hard because we can’t give easily what they seek.
We have much to be thankful for.
Have you ever say thank you because you are not having a flu?
Or when your hand can move perfectly?
When you can walk across the park with ease that some others cannot afford?
When you can learn without impairment?
When you can bend or and touch your toes?
When you can tell a friend that you are in good health, honestly?
Essentially, each of us can only live our own lives.
But…
Can you fathom the lives of others?
Can you live a different life?
