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The Light Of A Brighter Day
by Helen Keller
It is Helen Keller who salutes you. You are not familiar with my
voice, but my friend Polly Thomson will interpret the belief I
have written from my soul.
I choose for my subject, faith wrought into life apart from
creed or dogma. By faith, I mean a vision of good one cherishes
and the enthusiasm that pushes one to seek its fulfillment,
regardless of obstacles. Faith is a dynamic power that breaks
the chain of routine, and gives a new, fine turn to old
commonplaces. Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the
affections, and awakens a sense of creativeness. Active faith
knows no fear, and it is a safeguard to me against cynicism and
despair.
After all, faith is not one thing or two or three things. It is
an indivisible totality of beliefs that inspire me: Belief in
God as infinite goodwill and all-seeing Wisdom, whose
everlasting arms sustain me walking on the sea of life. Trust in
my fellow men, wonder at their fundamental goodness, and
confidence that after this night of sorrow and oppression, they
will rise up strong and beautiful in the glory of morning.
Reverence for the beauty and preciousness of the earth, and a
sense of responsibility to do what I can to make it a habitation
of health and plenty for all men. Faith in immortality because
it renders less bitter the separation from those I have loved
and lost, and because it will free me from unnatural
limitations, and unfold still more faculties I have in joyous
activity.
Even if my vital spark should be blown out, I believe that I
should behave with courageous dignity in the presence of fate,
and strive to be a worthy companion of the beautiful, the good,
and the true. But fate has its master in the faith of those who
surmount it, and limitation has its limits for those who, though
disillusioned, live greatly.
It was a terrible blow to my faith when I learned that millions
of my fellow creatures must labor all their days for food and
shelter, bear the most crushing burdens, and die without having
known the joy of living. My security vanished forever, and I
have never regained the radiant belief of my young years that
earth is a happy home and hearth for the majority of mankind.
But faith is a state of mind. The believer is not soon
disheartened. If he is turned out of his shelter, he builds up a
house that the winds of the earth cannot destroy.
When I think of the suffering and famine, and the continued
slaughter of men, my spirit bleeds. But the thought comes to me
that, like the little deaf, dumb, and blind child I once was,
mankind is growing out of the darkness of ignorance and hate
into the light of a brighter day.
As an infant, Helen Keller was struck by a fever that left her
deaf and blind. But with the guidance of her teacher Anne
Sullivan, she learned to communicate through the eyes and ears
of others. After graduating from Radcliffe College, Keller
became a renowned author, activist and lecturer.
courtesy: thisibelieve.org
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