day 66 - trust

while lilly and i were riding the chairlift this past weekend together we saw a pretty amazing sight - a blind man downhill skiing.  he was wearing a brightly colored vest labeled "blind skier" and skiing alongside him was a companion who was speaking (actually more yelling), "good, good, LEFT, good, good RIGHT, etc.).  lilly and i sat with amazement as we watched this blind man zooming down the hill as though he had been skiing his entire life and knew exactly what to do. it was amazing to watch and over the last couple of days has brought on numerous conversations and thoughts with regards to trust, overcoming, disability, strength and empowerment. 

think about it for a minute...a blind man downhill skiing.  in my logical brain something didn't compute - didn't make sense.  i actually even thought, what in the world convinced this guy he could even do it.  did his mother/father/family love the sport enough to embrace the idea and teach him?  or maybe someone with a heart for the blind caught a vision of how to empower a blind person through skiing?  or maybe he just knew he needed to experience life to it's fullest potential and in his world that included skiing? seriously - who knows.  what i do know, is what it stirred in me.

again, i haven't been able to stop thinking about what our world would look like if we were able to confess that we have a need, disability, shortcoming, weakness (whatever you want to label it within yourself) and trusted the people around us to not only lead us but empower us to be successful in-spite of ourselves.  think of all we would be able to accomplish, vision, anticipate.... trust, it really is an amazing thing!

tonight lilly wanted to know what it would be like to eat dinner without using her eyes.  she realized very quickly that she needed help.  although it was a simple exercise it stirred on more conversation about what it means and looks like to really love and trust one another and how scary it can be to let go and trust.