I share his words with you because hearing him say that forever changed the way I would speak to those with mental disabilities and physical handicaps. In those few words, everything I saw on the outside which was broken and dysfunctional disappeared and I caught the glimpse of the bird fluttering inside the cage. I had always seen the cage, but it was not always known to me that bird inside received the words and the songs I spoke and sang. He understood more than I had given him credit because of his outward appearance.