The Miracle Worker

I'm watching one of the movie versions and thinking about Helen Keller; blind and deaf.  In the scene where her teacher tells the mother that Helen will only rise to the expectations demanded of her, the truth of the statement was so obvious.



Of course there were methods of communication unavailable to Helen Keller, but the battle inside is the same.  She needed to give up her desires for constant comfort and instant gratification enough to learn something and only through that discomfort could she grow. 

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