The Woman Who Taught Passengers How To See

The bus started moving. Everyone else was seated. The bus carried men, women, children dressed smartly. Most of the people inside that bus were disturbed at the sight of a woman whose behaviour was seen as very strange. The woman aged 25 was in the company of her mother. As the bus moved the woman stood up and said to her mother with much excitement, ' Mummy look at the trees, look at the grass, and look at the clouds close to the blue sky.' This behaviour from a twenty five year’s old caused people to wonder what was wrong with her. As the bus reached the filling station to put fuel the girl stood up and her cheeks were full of smile, ' Mummy , the filling station is beautiful , the pumps , oh look at the way they fuel cars.' One passenger called Mrs Banda lowered her head and whispered to her husband, ' Honey we have a mad woman here.' The husband smiled and whispered back to his wife, ' Honey, she must be on drugs.' As the bus continued its journey there were strong winds that caused dust to fill the bus and people's clothes were being spoiled by dust. The twenty five year old woman stood up excitedly and opened the window shouting, ' Mummy, this is fun, look there is dust in my hands, I can feel the sand and see it! ‘Everyone in the bus started shaking their heads about this behaviour. People were now whispering to each other and pointing at her but the lady was not concerned, she said, 'Mummy look at the people's faces, wonderful people here!' At this, Mrs Banda got irritated and stood up and started shouting at the old woman, ‘Your daughter’s behaviour is childish! I think she is getting mad, please take her to the mental hospital before the situation is out of control.' Everyone else in the bus nodded and agreed with what Mrs Banda said. The mother of the twenty five year old Laura looked at Mrs Banda and calmly said, ' We are just coming from hospital now, my daughter was born blind and only yesterday she got her vision. For her, seeing wind with dust, seeing people’s faces and every part of nature are new things to her life. I apologise for the disturbance. Since yesterday when she started seeing, she has been like this. She is thanking God every hour because of her vision.’ The things that look not important in your eyes are much much appreciated for those who have never seen before. Count your blessings. Dont take your blessings for granted.