Would You Rather Be Deaf Or Blind

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Would you rather be born deaf or blind?

As she whispers in your ear it tickles, but you know it’s a passionate moment so you don’t laugh, instead you return the favor and whisper “I love you” in their ear. A little while later, your loved one decides to slip into your anniversary gift, a silky material that seems to enhance every part, every movement of her body. Which of these could you bare to do without, hearing passionate exchanges between you and your partner, or seeing their reactions to your words and viewing her in all of her beauty?
Most of the people in this world have been blessed, blessed in ways they don’t even know. Blessed to have 5 senses and to feel in place, which is hard to feel if you have never felt ‘out’ of place. Only a few people in this world know what it feels like to not be able to hear moments of passion, excitement or laughter. Still fewer know what it is like to never have seen the three major colors, a rainbow, or have had the opportunity to form an opinion of beauty.

Little Johnny was such a sweet baby. He looked around with his big eyes staring at things that intrigued him for seconds at a time. It wasn’t often that he cried, in fact, his parents didn’t recall many times of Johnny crying. Such a sweet boy, never a nuisance in the middle of night, only with the normal “problems” a child usually has in the middle of the night, only they never bother Johnny enough to cry. Johnny’s parents read to him every night, although it appeared that Johnny never paid too much attention to the stories they read.
Now, a year later the parents plan their son’s first birthday party. At the party the young boy seemed very distracted, he didn’t react to singing or the noise makers like the other young guests at the party. It was at this point Johnny’s parents decided to take him to the doctor for a major checkup. The diagnosis was very hard for the family. Johnny w...