Hi Carol and others, I was not born blind, I have some limited vision in one eye now 20/450 and none in the bottom half of that eye. I realize what you are saying about creating mental pictures of things when you have never seen them. I might question whether blindness is harder for those who are congenitally blind (birth) or adventitiously blind (after birth). My question is based on the statement "You cannot miss what you have never had." I have learned to navigate au solo in cities I never visited before becoming blind usimg only my cane. This does require more concentration and use of memory than when I could travel by sight. I miss being able to see the beauty of world around me, I enjoy not seeing some of the ugliness of disasters etc. However, since I still hear and know of the human tragedy in these situations they still cause me pain. I would definitely choose to have my sight back to emjoy the beauty of God's creation as I am blessed to experience it. I miss seeing all the beautiful women that I encounter. I guess truly I miss seeing the sexy women, as I can still experience the beautiful ones based on their actions and speech to others they interact with and many of the sexy ones were not so beautiful after all. So really not that much of a loss after all. However, landscapes and seeing acts of love and generosity that is missed. Thank You, David L. Bailey baileydavidl62@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: guide.chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guide.chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M BOWKER Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:40 PM To: Guide Chat Subject: [guide.chat] In Reply To: [guide.chat] question for people born Blind Good subject Carol. Can we make this the next subject. I to have questions about things not just total like me, May be we could share how we do thins which might help us. Love Malcolm. xxxxxxx