{"id":264,"date":"2013-01-16T20:40:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.wordpress.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2015-10-29T07:11:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T12:11:53","slug":"if-you-could-give-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"If You Could Give Your Eyes\u2026 By Jeffrey Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If You Could Give Your Eyes&#8230;<br \/>\nBy Jeffrey Thompson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jthompson6835\">@JThompson6835<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you could give your eyes&#8230;<br \/>\nto those who won&#8217;t see,<br \/>\nand open their eyes,<br \/>\nwhat a wonder it would be&#8230;<br \/>\nfor all to see&#8230;<br \/>\nas you see.<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nLonely is the vision&#8230;<br \/>\naround those who won\u2019t see.<br \/>\nP.S.<br \/>\nNothing to do with Blindness? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Then try applying for a job or walk the life seeing the needs of others. Some walk without seeing&#8230;and that has nothing to do with Blindness. Reach out to someone in need. Say something nice and caring. Make a difference with your smile, your presence, your time. Look around you and you will find that opening your heart is right now. And I just have to say that i am feeling better already. Make it a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If You Could Give Your Eyes&#8230; By Jeffrey Thompson @JThompson6835 If you could give your eyes&#8230; to those who won&#8217;t see, and open their eyes, what a wonder it would be&#8230; for all to see&#8230; as you see. . Lonely is the vision&#8230; around those who won\u2019t see. P.S. Nothing to do with Blindness? \ud83d\ude42 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-4g","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":203,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=203","url_meta":{"origin":264,"position":0},"title":"Blind or Sighted&#8230;there I am.","author":"blind Abilities","date":"August 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Scientist are finding ways to bypass portions of a defective eye component and sight is being created where no sight was before. 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