And nothing could have made me more proud of myself and love myself and feel such profound gratitude for what I could do and what vision I did have than kayaking through the Antarctic waters. I learned that no one could tell me what I could or couldn’t do, that only I could set my limitations. I learned to appreciate everything that I could do, that indeed even some people with normal vision couldn’t have traveled the world alone as I had. I learned to accept myself as I am, to be patient with and love myself.
