Helen Keller

A quilt square stitched in senses and sensibilities.

Excerpts from a 3-page letter to the future President.

While not actively campaigning for any cause or political office,

Helen was a staunch figure of influence for social reform. 

“To me, to whom physical beauty did not matter an ounce, it is coming into contact with a beautiful mind that matters most. A mind that is open and ready to pour forth love, and not admonitions.”

Helen describes her gradual realization that her disabilities were, in fact, gifts that required her to depend on her spiritual sensing rather than an attractive personality or sparkling turn of phrase.  Noting that her speech patterns were not easy to hear or understand, she knew she must rely on the sense of authenticity she developed when speaking directly and from inner compulsion.

In an attempt to encourage the future President to be more authentic to his soul, she offers this advice.

“Be blind, deaf, and dumb for a day, dear President-elect Trump. And see how much the sense and sensibility of heart must be your guide. Of listening to the choirs of the angels, of God’s “voice” in your life.  You will grow.  You will grow. 

 

With the mightiest handshake, I can give and a kiss on your weathered cheek, stop speaking out of turn.  Listen first, and remember that it is he who abides in the absoluteness of his Soul—who comes to be the bigger person.”