IT IS NOT WHAT YOU SAY BUT HOW YOU SAY IT, THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

What do Helen Keller, a blind boy and you have in common?
In common – means things that are the same or similar – things we share. We share this great universe and we are all human beings. If you are able to read this you have your physical sight, while the blind boy and Helen Keller did not have theirs. We may have physical sight but do we have the eyes that really see? That is the question to consider.

If you change what you say, people will change what they see!
Remember sight is not just what you see – we are part of a world where people look at us and see us. In fact, every day hundreds of eyes see us. Thus if we want success, we must be pleasing to enough eyes. Also we may not see everything and so we can call upon the eyes of others to expand our sight too.

DO OTHERS REALLY SEE YOUR MESSAGE?
One day a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: I am blind, please help. There were only a few coins in the hat.

With a new presentation people will see more!
A man was walking by. He fished out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. Afterwards he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. He gave the sign back so that everyone who walked past would now see the new words.

OVERFLOWING
Soon the hat began to fill up and more people were giving money to the blind boy. Later that day, the man who had changed the sign returned to see how things were. The boy recognized the footsteps and asked: Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?

SAME TRUTH BUT ANEW
I wrote the truth. I wrote on the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.

WISE WORDS
Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it. This was the new message on the sign.

WONDERFUL QUESTION
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

EFFECTIVE MESSAGE
Both signs told people the boy was blind. However, the first sign simply said – the boy is blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

WHAT TOUCHES YOU MORE?
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

BANISH BLINDNESS BLESSING
B: Banish blindness from your life. Blindness is an affliction that can visit the so-called seeing. Blindness to your good and your blessings is the sadness sight, so resolve to see more and more deeply. Blindness of the sighted is the greatest tragedy of life.
L: Listen to your soul and see your soul more, that is the way to greater sight of your soul and insight to your being. Listening to your soul gives the greatest sight and that is what people like Helen Keller did. Listening is how we see more – did you realize that?
E: Enlarge your vision and insight to realize that your message is more effective when it touches the core of the being of others. Examine your message and messages and create them for the greatest impact. Eyes are what we use to see but how observant are you?
S: Sight, insight and visions are among the greatest gifts and are worth developing daily.
S: Start with the soul – sight starts at the soul level and works outwards.

Y: Your message should encompass what others want to see. Your message can be the truth but the truth that touches others.
O: Observing and being observant are the effective use of eyes.
U: Upon you are the eyes of the world, what do they see or not see?

SOURCES:

THE GREATEST SPIRIT OF INSIGHT

Helen Keller had a Spirit of Courage and so can you
http://abetoday.com/2011/05/08/helen-keller-had-it-and-so-do-you-and-that-is-a-spirit-of-courage/

You have more gifts than you realize and enough to succeed! 10 pointers
http://abetoday.com/2012/02/23/you-have-more-gifts-than-you-realize-and-enough-to-succeed-10-pointers/

THANK YOU GOD FOR OUR EYESIGHT - story of the blind boy
http://www.islamcan.com/islamic-stories/did-you-thank-allah-for-your-eyesight.shtml

Listening to your soul gives the greatest sight and that is what people like Helen Keller did