Helen Keller's 144th Birthday, June 27 (1880 -1968)
"If I were given three days to see."
Priorities and Choices in Life
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen and even touched. They must be felt within the heart.” - Helen Keller
Dr Abe V Rotor
Helen Keller, deaf-blind since infancy became a role model for millions of people. She wrote a moving essay that challenges us who have the power of vision on how we would value “Three Days to See” if we were blind like Helen Keller blind since infancy. (The Story of My Life)
Try this exercise. If you were given Three Days To See just as Helen Keller told in her essay, how would you prioritize these? (Please indicate the day after each item; or it is not applicable.) Please refer to the answers below
2. Theater – concert, performing art1. Lives of people everyday
3. Transformation of night to day
4. Views from top of a high building5. Loved ones and friends6. Nature - landscape and garden7. Museum of arts and natural history8. Historical records of man & society9. Things at home, favorite books, etc10. Comedy, the lighter side of life.
After checking your work with the answers guide below, compare it with the priorities of Helen Keller.
1st Day - Loved ones, Favorite Things, Nature
2nd Day - Natural History, History, Humanities,
3rd Day - The Business of life. (NOTE: The lighter side of life closes the episode.)
Three Days to See challenges us to look into our priorities and choices in Life
• City or countryside life• Aesthetics or materialism• Permanence and transience• Love and Friendship• Spirituality and faith• Computer graphics or fine arts• Perception or sensitivity• Affection or companionship• Vice or hobby• Knowledge or Wisdom
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Answer Guide:
Answer Guide:
Lives of people everyday - 3rd dayTheatre – concert, performing art –end of 2nd dayTransformation of night to day –opening of 2nd dayViews from top of a high building – 3rd dayLoved ones and friends – 1st day, immediately.Nature - landscape & garden – 1st day pm to sunsetMuseum of arts and natural history – 2nd dayHistorical records of man & society – 2nd dayThings at home, favorite books, etc – 1st dayComedy stage play - End of 3rd day
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From this exercise we can better appreciate Helen Keller’s philosophy of life.
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am, therein to be content.”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen and even touched. They must be felt within the heart.” ~
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am, therein to be content.”
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen and even touched. They must be felt within the heart.” ~
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Helen Keller is most famous for her personal triumph over the limitations of both blindness and deafness, She was one of the twentieth century's leading advocates for individuals with disabilities. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan, lifelong
teacher and companion
Helen Keller's deafblindness was caused by an illness she contracted at 19 months old, which doctors at the time referred to as "brain fever". While the exact diagnosis remained uncertain, contemporary experts suggest it was likely either scarlet fever or bacterial meningitis, possibly caused by Neisseria meningitidis or Haemophilus influenzae. This illness resulted in the loss of her sight and hearing. AI Overview Internet
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