Life is a Succession of Lessons

Life is a succession of lessons
One must live through to understand
Answers come... only to create new questions
As what we grasp shifts like sifting sand

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood- Helen Keller


http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdkell.htm
Helen Keller at the age of 19 months,(not quite 2 years old) was a happy, healthy child. She was already saying a few words.

Then she had a high fever which caused her to become deaf and blind. No longer could she see nor hear. She felt lost. She would hang on to her mother's skirt to get around. She would feel of people's hands to try to find out what they were doing. She learned to do many things this way. She learned to milk a cow and knead the bread dough.

She could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.

She made up signs with her hands so she could "talk" to her family. She had 60 different signs. If she wanted bread, she pretended to be cutting a loaf. If she wanted ice cream, she would hug her shoulders and shiver.