The Gift of Sight

I read H.G Wells's"The Country of the Blind" this morning, I realized how much we take our eyesight for granted. Imagine if:
-All of our society was blind.
-We would live our lives based solely on our other four senses; touch, taste, smell, and hearing.
In this story, the main character comes across the Country of the Blind and encounters people who have genetically adapted themselves to their enviroment without the gift of sight. Nunez, the main character, talks about his experiences and the difficulties he had trying to adapt himself to society that couldn't see. he was considered a clumsy idiot, and it came down to the point where the people of the country wanted to surgically remove his eyes.
I don't think I could live without seeing so many things. The blueness of the sky, the vastness of our desert, the lively color of my sisters eyes, the Guadalupe Mountains, enjoying motion-picture films, the way El Paso looks at night, my mothers smile...
We humans seek for beauty. Beauty is our Eros. We desire to touch, taste, smell, and hear those things that are appealing to us by sight. Beauty is also a very important part of our lives. We strive to create beauty, to obtain it, to own and preserve it. I know that without sight, my life would be incomplete.