Be My Eyes (Monday Moment ep. 531)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
My friends, despite the dissension technology may cause and the distraction it so often becomes, it can also be the source of profound beauty, wonderful connection and unyielding hope. I was reminded of this truth over the holidays as I spent time with my friend, Greg.
After Greg miraculously survived a head-on collision, he lost his ability to see. Join me today as I share Greg's story and how a free, crowd-sourced app for the visually impaired called Be My Eyes is changing his world.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast, Monday morning moments with John O'Leary. |
| 0:19.0 | I record these so you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. |
| 0:27.6 | Let's get after it. |
| 0:29.2 | I can't figure out why my teenagers would rather watch some stranger play a video game on YouTube than hang out with me. |
| 0:41.3 | Perplexed. I also get beyond annoyed with a distracted driver texting, even if they are at a red light, or far worse, if they're zooming by |
| 0:47.8 | me on a highway. And when it comes to the vitriol and the rude comments posted so often online, man, don't |
| 0:55.5 | even get me started. |
| 0:56.5 | Let's just forget about it for a moment. |
| 0:58.7 | In a world where we seem to disagree on so much, we can all agree technology has the ability |
| 1:04.0 | to bring out the very worst in all of us. |
| 1:08.0 | And yet, I love that expression, and yet, my friends, despite the dissension technology may cause |
| 1:15.3 | and the distraction it so often becomes, it can also be this source of profound beauty, wonderful |
| 1:21.8 | connection, and unyielding hope. I was reminded of this truth over the holidays as I spent some time with my new |
| 1:29.0 | friend, Greg. Always bright, always energetic, always determined. Greg received his private |
| 1:36.5 | pilot's license at the age of 18. With clarity on what he wanted to do and an uncommon drive to get |
| 1:44.1 | it done, |
| 1:45.0 | he was on his way to living his life's dream of becoming a commercial pilot. |
| 1:51.4 | His promising future, however, suffered a devastated setback as a result of a head-on collision |
| 1:58.3 | with a distracted driver. |
| 2:01.4 | Although Greg miraculously survived the accident, |
| 2:05.4 | he lost his ability to see and more than just robbing Greg of his eyesight. |
| 2:10.5 | It also stole from him his vision for the future, |
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