Blinded by the Light

 (This actually happened last Friday)
Ok I know this might seem odd but I have just been blind folded for the past four hours. To tell you the truth I don't really know why I did it but I guess to see what it was like and the thought had been playing on my mind for s day or so and since I had spare time I thought why not. So at around two o'clock I got my blind fold and blind folded myself. I first started just watching tv (well not watching tv because that would involve taking the blind fold off but I instead listened to the story which was interesting as I then had to imagine what was going on instead of being able to see it).After awhile I found myself being hit by things though I didn't know what I was being hit by as I couldn't see. So I felt what was on my head and what had fallen to the ground only to find that it was a lemon half and a banana peel which my brother and sister had thrown at me as a sort pick on the blind person joke. This I actually wasn't really that mad at mainly because well it was kinda funny to be hit by fruit which does sound a little weird but it's true. The only problem with that situation was the task of finding the fruit again once it had bounced off you and then throwing it back at the person. Then after this excitement I decided to try and write about this experience (while still blindfolded) but I couldn't find the words I was looking for (which for me is sometimes a constant problem because I always think that there is a better way to say things which I never find or I never find the right words to say at the right time and then I am left thinking about what I should have said which is pointless as you can't change the past). Anyway so I thought and thought and couldn't find the words so I decided to give up and do something else. So I wandered about a bit and did nothing thought about things though not too much and I have to say I think I realised just how much we take little things for granted like our senses. The reason I thought of this is because well there was a lot I couldn't do when I had the blindfold on like I couldn't read, I couldn't use a computer, I couldn't see what I was writing and a lot of other things but I have now concluded there are four things which are good about sight. 1)you can see things which are blocking your way so you can avoid them and not trip over 2)you can do a lot more things than when you're blind 3)you can see the wonderful scenery and not have to guess what things look like 4)you can see the people you love which I have to say is a definite bonus to having sigh. So I guess the moral of this whole thing is that most people only realise what they've got when it's gone so we should appreciate everything we have no matter how small before it's gone