'They must be felt with the heart'
“Themost beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must befelt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
June 27th is Helen Keller Day, firstproclaimed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter in commemoration of theanniversary of her birth (in Alabama) on this date in 1880. Author, political activist, and lecturer, shewas the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and alongtime writer, first being published at age 12.
The story of how her teacher AnneSullivan broke through Keller’s wall of silence and isolation imposed by a nearcomplete lack of language and leading to Helen’s learning to communicate isdepicted in the wonderful book, play and movie, The Miracle Worker. Ultimately,Keller authored a dozen books, hundreds of essays and many stories, andinspired countless others with her writing and speaking skills.
In 1964 Keller was a recipient of ThePresidential Medal of Freedom. Posthumously (she died in 1968) she was inducted into the Alabama Women'sHall of Fame (in 1971) and was one of 12 inaugural inductees into the AlabamaWriters Hall of Fame (2015).
“When we do the best that we can,”she said, “we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life ofanother. I seldom think about mylimitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague,like a breeze among flowers.”
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