Paradise Lost

by John Milton

So much the rather thou Celestial light Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate, there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.

This line made me weep. John Milton, at this point, was blind. His identity was a reader. That is who he was. Then, he went blind, and everything was taken from him. But he became blind so that he might see things unseen by Man. He had a new purpose, a new life.