A Helen Keller Kyrielle - Hk
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller(1880-1968)
Helen Keller's story has always fascinated me, and how a woman also nearly blind came into her life as her teacher when Helen was 6 was the thing that changed Helen's life forever. Together Helen and her teacher Anne Sullivan lived for the rest of their lives as Helen attended college and even used her voice to give lectures around the world on behalf of the deaf and blind. If you get a chance to watch "The Miracle Worker" you should see it on Youtube. The 60's version won Best Picture.
“Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. "Light! give me light!" was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.”
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
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When Helen Keller was a child,
both deaf and blind, she acted wild
until her heart was helped to melt.
Seen or not, beauty must be felt.
Sweet sights and sounds she knew not of.
She barely comprehended love.
In youth, a bad hand she’d been dealt.
Seen or not, beauty must be felt.
A favored doll, dear Helen clutched,
yet things were nameless that she touched.
Words on her hand a teacher spelt.
Seen or not, beauty must be felt.
One day the young girl’s whole world turned.
Her heart perceived the words she’d learned.
With joy thereafter Helen dwelt.
Seen or not, beauty must be felt.
June 19, 2023
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2023
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