Some
of the questions (pertinent to last time's blog) are along the lines
of whether I have a bad conscience about pretending to be blind when
really blind people would be only to happy to be able to see and that
I am taking advantage of all these kind people (five on my last
outing!) who go out of their way to help me. Don't I sometimes feel
at least 'inconsiderate'?
My
answer is yes! I do have a bad conscience over this to some extent –
certainly not a 'guilty conscience' though. I get the impression that
such kind helpful people are the sort who enjoy helping others
anyway. I have come across occasional non-helpful or only grudgingly
helpful people, but not many.
Chris
and I discussed this many years ago now after our blindsimming
'revival' – see our website journal - he feels the same and readily
admits that he gets a certain 'kick' from blindfolding me and from
guiding me around blindfolded (me, I mean, not him).
In
our young days, we used to help out at the local school for blind
children – again see our website journal – and later I developed
a habit on Friday mornings, when I do my housework blindfolded and
even now give fortnightly piano lessons to Lucy, another blindfold
devotee, as I have my lunch still blindfolded. I tip out my purse,
count all my loose change, put back just enough to see me over the
week-end and the rest I put aside and take into the office the
following Wednesday for my blindfolded office stand-in seession. I
give the money to Chris, who adds the same sum and sends it off to
that local blind-school (Dorton House, Sevenoaks) as a part of his
firm's charitable giving budget (tax added for their benefit as you
may well know?) Those charitable gifts assuage our bad consciences.
Two
years ago, the school closed, just at the time we were developing my
blindsimming walks down near the Sussex county town, and we now make
our donations to the local blind peoples charity there in the same
manner.
Answer
to another occasional question next time
Jane.
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