Alyice on August 31st, 2009

Thanks For My Eyesight

I just got through watching an episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, in which a photographer was in danger of losing his eyesight for good. Determined to get the most out of the vision he had left, he set out to take photographs of all the beauty around him—even at the expense of his health. He said that if all he was going to be able to see is darkness then he wanted his memories to be of something beautiful and pleasant, not of the war he covered.

It was at that point I felt this overwhelming sense of gratitude for my own eyesight. Sometimes I get so annoyed with having to wear glasses that I wish for perfect vision—or at least the guts and funds to remove my astigmatism with lasek eye surgery. Sometimes, I just want to wake up in the morning and not have to reach for a pair of glasses. But at that moment, I realized that imperfect vision is far better than no vision at all.

Think about it. What would the world be like if all of a sudden all you saw was darkness?

What if you could never again watch white, fluffy clouds gracefully float across the sky, forming various shapes, figures, and scenes? What if you could never see the smile on your children’s faces? What if you could never see colors, or textures, or diversity? What if you could never look into your loved one’s eyes again? What if you could never paint another painting, or sew another quilt, or build another craft? What if you could never see the cinematography in another film? What if all you saw was darkness?

Our lives are enriched every day by the sights we see. I can’t imagine never having my sight, and hope to never have to experience such a loss. So yes, today I am grateful for my less than 20/20 vision.

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