失明者的健全生活ABall to Roll Around（1/2）

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1. How did the author adapt hiself to life?

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我的双眼是在4岁时失明的。在大西洋城的一个货场，当时我从棚车上摔了下来，头部受到了重创。如今32岁的我依然能模糊地想起阳光的灿烂和红色的鲜亮。重见光明固然美好，但不幸也会给人带来奇妙的感觉。那天，我突然意识到，如果我没有失明，也许就不会像现在这样热爱生活。现在，我相信生活。如果我不是盲人，我不敢肯定自己是否还会这样深信不疑。我并不是说宁愿失去双眼，而只是想说，失去它们让我更加珍惜自己的其他能力。

我相信，生活要求人们不断自我调整以适应现实。一个人若能更及时地自我调整，那他的生活也就更加有意义。然而，自我调整并不容易。曾经我时常感到疑惑、恐惧，但我很幸运。父母与老师在我的身上看到了我无法看到的东西——即生活的潜能，于是他们鼓励我与失明抗争到底。

我必须学会相信自己，这对我来说是最难的课程，不过也是最基础的。如果做不到，我就会彻底崩溃，最终只能坐在前门的摇椅上度过自己的余生。我所说的相信自己，并不只局限于

帮我独自走下陌生楼梯的那种简单的自信，而是指更为广泛的方面，即相信自己虽然不完美，却是一个真实的积极向上的人，相信在茫茫人海中，必定有一个适合自己的特殊位置。

我用了很多年的时间去发现并巩固这种信念，这得从最基础的事情开始。一天，有人给了我一个室内棒球，我以为他是在挖苦我，因此感觉受到了伤害。我说：“我玩不了。”他催促着我：“拿着，让它在地上滚。”这句话在我的脑海中留下了深刻的印象。“让它在地上滚！”通过滚球，我可以听到它滚动的位置。一个念头出现在我的脑海，那就是打棒球，这是我曾经认为不可能实现的目标。于是，我在费城奥弗布洛克盲人学校，发明了一种很受欢迎的棒球游戏。我们称之为地面球。

我为自己的一生树立了很多目标，并准备逐一实现。没错，我必须了解自己的极限。如果一开始就知道目标超出了自己的能力，而不去实现，那不是件好事，最终只会酿成失败的苦果。有时我也会失败，但不管怎么说，我总会有所进步。

我相信，正是因为我的生命模式基于一定的价值观，我才能更容易地进步。我发现，如果我努力做个诚实的人，生活也就会更容易。我从友谊以及与他人的相互依赖中获得了力量。如果没有那些视力正常的朋友，我就是一个真正的盲人。可以谦恭地说，我生活的目标和慰籍是从一个凡人信仰上帝的志向中找到的。也许，物质生活对于失明者而言，并不像对其他人那样重要。我只知道，有一个信念一直鼓舞着我，那就是努力成为高尚的人，而且也只有它能帮助我健全地生活。

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