Can The Blind Choose to See?

Can a blind person choose to see? I am legally blind and though I desire to see better; I can't. For that to occur it must happen outside myself. Someone else must restore my sight. In the same way those who are spiritually blind though the desire to see must have their sight restored by someone else. Jesus was the one who gave sight to the blind. He is the one gives sight to those that are spiritually blind. A person must be given spiritual sight - regeneration - before they can see - understand - the gospel and therefore repent and believe and thus be saved.