Two hours in the dark!!

Soooo, I'm back with another post today!! This story is from the point of view of a person from Singapore who volunteers to help blind people! let's get to the post!!   

In Singapore, on a weekend evening, One of the multinational companies that supply us had organized an event to raise funds for a charity for the blind. I was also invited to a Friday event. I accepted the invitation and confirmed my arrival online. About 40 people had come from various fields. Some Indians too! 

On the show, first, they showed a video about the lives of the blind. About helping each other, and how they are trying to make life fulfilling! It’s a 15-minute, eye-opening short film that feeds on motivation and excitement. It showed the ordinary people who have the right vision, and those who do not have this vision, without expecting any response, they beautifully described how they do what they can and help make life normal. They highlighted the satisfaction that comes from helping the blind! 

Once the video was over, we were taken to a hall and explained the next part of the show. The theme of the area: "Eating in complete darkness!". We are 40 people and we are going to eat our dinner in a dark room, which was so dark that we can't even see our fingers! Next, they clearly explained what was going to happen in the queue! For the next two hours, forty of us in that dark room were going to exchange food and complete our dinner and who was going to lead us were ... Three blind people! A blind woman, the leader of this volunteer group, two blind men to help her! The leader gave us a few tips on how to eat in the dark. (Usually, in the world of the blind Those are the “rules” to follow!).

 

1) Your dining table will have the following items:

To the dining tray directly opposite in the middle, (Small pin on the clock) 

- 3-hour (showing) direction, is a spoon!

- 9-hour direction, a fork! 

- 12-hour direction, another spoon!

- 2-hour direction, empty glass tumbler! 

- 6-hour direction, folded paper towel!

2) Two large jugs for all tables, coming round. Among them, drinking water utensil is smooth where the surface is without any design, and orange juice is where the utensil surface is with a design.

3) When those jugs come to you, in your glass tumbler to know the amount, insert your index finger inside and leave it until the water or orange juice just touches your fingertips! (this is the only way to pour water in your glasses)

The team leader girl asked: "Did everyone understand?" Leaving respectfully saying that everyone understood, we were left in a state of confusion, in a hurry, questioning the person on the side! For the next hour and a half, in that gloom, we had an eye-opening!

The forty of us, divided into small groups, each group was taken to that dark hall by a blind man, and each of us (one group-one table) was seated in a chair around the table!

Then, the thing that was most embarrassing to us was not the darkness, it appeared in our minds is that "We will help you normally like this, but now we are being helped by you".

After everyone was seated at their table/chair, by that blind trio, we were served a five-course dinner - Welcome Drink, Appetizer, Starters, Main Course, and Desserts!!!!!

In the service of this blind trio, do you know what amazed us the most? When we register online, we are asked to indicate whether we are vegetarian or non-vegetarian!

Although a few among the forty members, vegetarians were seated at different tables/seats at random, purely vegetarian food was served to them, without fail, quite accurately! Awesome than that, whenever our plate became empty, exactly someone came and asked what food was next and left filling the plate with the required amount! We didn’t even have to wait for the next mouthful of food, even a little!

About an hour and a half later, with full satisfaction, the head of the volunteer-committee asked if we had enough to fill our stomachs, and after confirming it, In the room, the lights turned on! In the forty, not one missing, with tears in our eyes, we left the room! Stomach full.! Eye open! How fortunate we are to have the opportunity to see with our own eyes and see this beautiful world!

More importantly, the vision of how difficult life is for those who live without vision is etched in our genes! If it was so difficult to be in the dark for just two hours, the blind could feel the hardships and problems they would face for the rest of their lives! Without realizing the awesomeness of the many lucky things that come naturally to us, we still ask for more. It must be, that we understand the strangeness of living a life of searching, running, moaning, crying, frustration for trivial things, Without being thankful for what we have, and we complain about those that we do not have. 

There is so much in your life to rejoice in! Be thankful! To think gratefully of this birth, There is a lot of things!

Be thankful for what you have! Stop complaining about what you don't have! If you ever come across blind people, be kind to them! Try to help them. Try understanding the difficulties they face every day. 

That is it for this post guys!! Thanks for reading! Comment down below if you had any incidents that motivated you to help others!! until next time! byeee!!