What if tomorrow you went blind?

I was reading the last pages of a Hellen Keller biography book to a group of children, and I just had to pause and take a moment to talk about it in depth with them. It is something that really stops you in your tracks when you think about it. As a blind person, she had some words for all of us — words that have been a motto of mine for a long time — so I wanted to share them:

Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would go blind. Do the same with all your other senses. Hear the song of a bird as if tomorrow you would go deaf. Touch everything as if tomorrow you would never be able to touch anything again. Smell the flowers, taste every bit of food as if tomorrow you’d never smell or taste again.

We feel, walk, breathe, see so naturally that we sometimes forget how precious these natural functions are and how incredible it is to still be able to do these things…naturally. If I may add, nurture your senses. Treat yourself to a nice breath of fresh air by the ocean or the mountains. Do nice things for the rest of your senses. And more importantly, be sure to be in the moment when you do it, taking your time with each one of them. Do not take your amazing sensory system for granted!