Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Amazing story.
Born without eyes, and his limbs unable to extend, this guy manages to play the piano. Beautifully too. I saw him on the end of the Ellen Degeneres show, as I got home. I was dumbfounded as he played Georgia On My Mind, by Ray Charles. So I looked him up, and found that link. I wanted to know more about him. He played at University of Lousville, he had Extreme Makeover: House Edition come to his house, and he's been all around, and on ESPN news.
I was moved to tears by this guy. In his interview with Ellen Degeneres, he said that "He thought his blindness was an ability, because all he saw was what was inside the person. Alot of people with sight are judged people by their hair color, clothes, whether white, black, red, or yellow. And those are just adjectives with no meaning whatsoever." He has reached a sociological ability far beyond what I know I've, and many people I've met, achieved.
This 'disabled' person was given the gift to play music with great skill. It's one of the first times that I've been moved to tears, and I don't cry easily. But him playing Georgia on My Mind touched me for some reason. He goes around, and gives inspiration and hope to countless people. And he does this as someone who, while we may not think less of, we think of with less 'ability' than us. And not only with his music, but with his words.
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I saw him on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. He is amazing. Everything he had said and done is inspiring. It is true when he said him being blind was an ability. He gets to know people for who they really are not by what they look like and may appear. Not many people with sight are as open minded. He has more ability than many people I have met. You are right. Not only with his music but with his words. I believe that everyone is differently abled and have something they are special for. No one is quite the same. He has achieved a lot and is stronger as a person than most even though his life isn't exactly easy. That to me is the best thing a person could do. Try to make the best of what they are given no matter how hard it could be. Many of us fail to remember and do so.
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