They said you were silly when you thought you could see better without your eyes open.  They watched as you stumbled and tripped and they watched as I rushed to your aid and picked you back up again.  They watched as I guided you.  They listened to you, a blind man, describe things better then those who could see.  "How can you see, if your eyes do not look", they asked.  "A blind man feels, he absorbs, he is one with nature.  He does not need to see for he listens." "So why do you need a guide?" They asked.  "Because I have not yet learned the way."And so I was stuck.  Not able to be blind, for then who would guide you?  And not able to see, for I was already half blind.