thINK: Helen Keller

Helen Keller is one of my personal role models, and while surfing the web, I found one of her quotes:

"Death is no more then passing from one room to another. But there's a difference for me, you

know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

I think this quote says a lot about Helen Keller as a person. She wasn't afraid of death, or even worried about it. She almost seems to welcome it, because she believes that she will regain her sight in the after life. Helen Keller was an extremely influential person. She was blind, and deaf, but also one of the first women activists. Despite her disabilities, she was able to reach out to the world, and express her beliefs. And more then anything else, Keller represented hope, as shown in another on of her quotes:

"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."

Regardless of all of her sufferings, Keller was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Art's Degree, and wrote several different books and essays, including The Frost King, The Story of My Life, Out of the Dark, The World I Live In, and My Religion, which was reissued as Light In My Darkness. Keller spoke out for political issues, such as Women's Rights, and Socialism. Although I do not agree with all of Keller's political views, I am amazed that she could accomplish so much in her life, and never gave up. Her courage, and spirit will forever be inspiring for me.