Sunday, January 29, 2006




One evening .. .. ..

I was sat with Mr Singh for dinner at the y.

(Mr Sing was a big mature man with turban a big thick beard reaching down his chest - but there had been a change.)

Mr Singh got to his feet and helped Sean with his tray of food.
Sean was a schoolteacher and blind. He came to stay at the ymca with his guide dog and Mr Singh, sometimes others, always helped Sean with that last lap of getting grub to the table ....... and getting him a cup of tea to follow at the end of dinner.

After a while - mr Singh got up and left.
I said to Sean 'what do you think of Mr Singh shaving his beard off?'
He said 'I didn't know he had a beard.'


What a fantastic thought.
He knew Mr Singh for his warmth and kindness and generosity.
We, the rest of us, are disabled by the ability to see the human.
Wow I think, how important it is to see the person below the surface and not the outer.



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