I was born in Miami Florida August 2, 1963. I had no problem until I was eight years old. This is when I lost my sight in my right eye. The cause a bleeding stroke. I suffered six bleeding stroke thus far. One in 72, 73, 74, 95, 1-00, and 7-00. Today I am paralyzed vertically 95 left arm and hand 75 left leg. I have 60 hearing loss left ear 50 hearing loss right ear. Mentally I am one strong guy. I have a BA in History and am aggressively seeking employ ment. If you can help great. The Road called Life
Travel down a road
Watch a butterfly rest upon a daisy
Listen to the song of a Whippoorwill
Taste the flavors of a peach
Feel the sting of a cold winter’s breeze
Smell the sweetness of a honeysuckle vine
Grab a friend who will follow you for a lifetime
Place the memories between the pages of your mind
Travel down a road to receive the gifts of life
Darrell Andrew Deeds
1-9-99
Music sound rhythm voice
These are
What vibrates the heart
Stimulates the mind
Generates the soul
How do you define?
Music sound rhythm voice
To one who cannot hear
I miss my ears tremendously
Hearing a crisp voice
Is what I truly miss
Hearing music sound rhythm voice
Perhaps cannot be defined to a person
With no hearing
Understanding a vibrator, a stimulator, a generator
Is understanding
Music, sound, rhythm, voice
Comprehending
Music, sound, rhythm, voice
Is what it is all about
Can it be done
Without your ears
Certainly through the power of the mind
Darrell A. Deeds
Acceptance
The question that one must ask is
Why is it so difficult?
Or better yet why is one not willing
To understand one’s differences
No two people are a like
Acceptance is one’s willingness to understand an individual’s differences
This in turn will allow them to treat the individual with decency and respect
For so many though this is so difficult due to a lack of willingness
Man should ask why and the answer is simple this of course is a form of
Sacrifice
Every individual wants acceptance including those who have more visual differences
How then can man develop the willingness required to put forth the effort to understand one’s differences
The answer here is simple too
This of course is faith or better yet trusting in the elements that gives one security
This is why I challenge all to develop a strong sense of faith which will give you the needed strength
This in turn will allow you to accept everyone including those of us with visual differences
To the World this is what we hunger for
Darrell A. Deeds 9-24-05