Ilostmysightwhen1was4yearsoldinanaccident．NowI'm32．
ItoccurredtometheotherdaythatImightnothavecometolove 36 somuchasIdonowifIhadn'tbeen 37 ．Idon'tmeanthatlwouldprefertogowithnosight．Isimplymeanthatthe 38 ofitmademe 39 morewhatIhadleft．
Life，Ibelieve， 40 acontinuousseriesofadjustmentstoreality．Themore 41 apersonisabletomaketheseadjustments，themore 42 hislifebecomes．Theadjustmentisnevereasy．Ihadto 43 inmyself，orelse1wouldhavecollapsed（崩溃）．WhenIsaybeliefinmyself，Iamnottalkingaboutsimplythekindof 44 thathelpsmedownanunfamiliarstaircasealone．ButI 45 somethingbiggerthanthat：anassurancethatIam，despiteimperfections，areal， 46 person．
Ittookmeyearstodiscoverand 47 thisassurance．Onceamangavemeanindoorbaseball．IthoughthewasmakingfunofmeandIwas 48 ．“Ican'tusethis，”Isaid“Takeitwithyou，”heurgedme，“androllitaround.”Thewordstuckinmyhead．By 49 theballIcouldhearwhereitwent．Thisgavemeanideahowto 50 agoalIhadthoughtimpossible：playingbaseball．AtPhiladelphiaSchoolfortheBlindIinventedasuccessful 51ofbaseball.WecallitGroundBall.
AllmylifeIhavesetaheadofmeaseriesof 52 andthentriedtoreachthemoneatatime．ButIhadtobeawareofmy 53 ．ItwasnogoodtotryforsomethingthatIknewatthestartwasoutof 54 becausethatonlyinvitedthebitternessof 55 ．IwouldfailsometimesanywaybutontheaverageImadeprogress．
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