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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
– Helen Keller
Life is supposed to throw roadblocks at us. That’s what life does. Just like any successful science experiment, we are put under a microscope. The scientist performs several tests on us to determine if we can overcome those obstacles.
If we do survive, that’s well and great. But if we don’t, the scientist moves on to another lab rat. I think a big part of growing up is realizing that we have to help ourselves. If we coil away from obstacles, that’s it. That’s the ending to our entire story. You have to get up and fight this vicious world with all your might. That’s the only way to survive and succeed in this world. And the life story of Hellen Keller is the perfect embodiment of that.
Hellen Keller’s Date of Birth: 27 June 1880
Hellen Keller’s Zodiac sign: Cancer
Hellen Keller’s Date of Demise: 1 June 1968
Life hadn’t been kind to Helen from a young age. When she was 19 months old, Helen lost her sense of sight and hearing to a deadly fever. Growing up she failed to communicate with her family members and often struggled to share opinions. So as a young woman, she took an oath to make her voice heard. Over the years, Helen became a source of inspiration to many young ladies.
Having any form of disability didn’t stop her dissent to success. And this is something each one of us must inculcate in our daily lives. Not just a celebrated author, but Helen went on to become the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, truly showing the world the power of will and perseverance.
There is a lot to unpack from Helen’s life story. Here are some of the life lessons we can adopt from the revolutionary Helen Keller, presented to you by Astro Strategist Hirav Shah:
1- Pursue the unexpected:
Often, great visionaries are ostracized for their ‘out of the box’ thinking because the general public couldn’t envision them. From Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs, each one of them were shamed for coming up with ideas truly astounding for their generation. But in the end, their ideas turned into actuality.
Similarly, nobody believed when Helen decided to graduate from a normal university. Everyone thought it was too ambitious for a blind and deaf girl. She rose above what was “realistic” and proved everyone wrong for thinking otherwise.
2- You can’t avoid danger while chasing your dreams:
Helen was once quoted saying, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long than outright exposure.”
She was a fearless dreamer who only thought of getting to her goal. She understood what she had at stake and still decided to give it a go.
3- You are all you need:
We are all lost in this endless maze of wanting a certain material or person or position that we think can make us happy. Without even realizing that true happiness comes from within. Helen recognized early on that happiness was not found, but rather created. She understood that the key to true happiness is having the confidence to live life according to her terms. “What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.”- Helen Keller
Conclusion:
To sum it all up, there are a few people in this universe who could be as inspiring as Helen Keller. Her legacy is so profound that you can find figments of her ideologies in works she published, the speeches she made and the organisations she founded. A true legend in every way,
Helen showed the world that a disability isn’t a full stop to your journey. Rather it’s the start to a beautiful, and rather eventful, expedition- concludes renowned Business Astrologer and Business Cum Brand Transformation Expert, Hirav Shah.
