Unhelpful

[Before we begin: I want to apologize for being retarded initially. Elton John, indeed. That's what you get for writing updates on 3 hours of sleep.]

Anyway, I saw the following inspirational quote by Helen Keller today:

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

When I read that, my inner cynic couldn’t help wondering if she had actually said something so inspirational. She obviously required an interpreter, and who’s to say that the interpreter didn’t “put words in her mouth,” so to speak.

I know that if I were in her position, I wouldn’t have been very inspiriational. Most of my speeches would’ve been along the lines of, “Someone kill me, please. I can’t take another moment of this living Hell.”

But that’s probably because I’m not blind and deaf. I’m sure that it’s wonderfully relaxing. Once you go blind and deaf, you never go back!