Re: Attesting to the Virtues, Harnessing, and the Gift

[billd]

Here’s something at least in my OWN mind I find interesting, perhaps a comparison others could comment on?

I’m legally blind in my right eye. I can see images with it if I close my left, but it’s basically worthless. I’d not be able to read, drive, or even recognize people – other than that they were probably a person. I do ok with my left. I have NO depth perception due to this. None. I can’t catch a baseball if tossed right at me. I can’t judge distance at all, it’s hard to tell if one thing is farther than another without seeing them both at one time.

HOWEVER, when I farmed, I never took out any fences or hit anything with equipment. My then F-I-L was very concerned. His own son, who had great vision with no glasses hit things now and then with wide equipment, not often, but more often than I would have. I managed a combine with a 30 foot grain head and long unloading auger ok. I had trouble lining up with the wagons due to lack of depth perception – I couldn’t tell if the auger would end up over the wagon, but we compensated.

No depth perception, yet I drive and park and back up, etc. and get by.

My oldest son was mugged – pistol whipped when he was on college and lost his right eye (totally). He now has no depth perception. Due to this he hates pickup trucks, prefers small cars. He can back their car up our curved hilly winding driveway to the road just fine, as can I.

My youngest son and many other folks have trouble doing this.

Interesting how my oldest son and I each get by with 1 eye, no depth perception……. some things we do just fine, others we struggle at a bit. … where others with two good eyes struggle.

Can this be compared to ADHD, getting by, compensating, etc.?

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