Helen Keller was a person who could neither hear, see, nor speak. However, with the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who cared for her with love and devotion, Helen displayed extraordinary determination, eventually learning to read books in braille and to express herself.
In her writing “Three Days to See,” she wrote:
“On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness have made my life worth living. On the second day, I should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed into day. On the third day, I should spend in the workaday world, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight.”
What is so natural to us was an immense blessing to her. Likewise, for us who have come to know the spiritual world through the written word and believe in it with our hearts, seeing the kingdom of heaven with our own eyes would bring indescribable joy. I long to return to heaven, to meet our loving God, and to enjoy eternal rest and peace.