Did you ever wonder why people get crankier (okay, why I am getting crankier) as we age? Why is there a perpetual frown on our faces and downward draw one the mouth? Why do we have two creases right at the top of our noses? It's because we CAN'T SEE! We're all squinting at every label to make sure we read the right dose on all the medications and vitamins we need to keep the engine running.
What possible evolutionary reason would God have to make us lose our up-close eyesight as we age? It seems only to disadvantage. Then it came to me...so I can't see the wrinkles in the mirror! Yes, that's it! Without my glasses, I look just as good as I did decades ago. Stray hair on the chin? Isn't there. Wrinkled eyes? Smooth up close! From a distance, I do okay but up close....
There is nothing more aggravating than not being able to read without finding where I put my glasses. If I don't put in contacts for myopia, I can read without them but then I'm touchy because I can't see facial expressions and far away. If I put in contacts, I can't read up close. My eyes are messed up enough I can't use the new bifocal ones. I guess "it could be worse".
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2 comments:
I've got bifocal glasses that I wear inside the house and 2 different contacts I wear when I go out, one for close vision and one for distance vision. It took a couple of months to get used to them, but now I really like being able to drive to the grocery and then read all the lables. :-)
I've got bifocal glasses that I wear inside the house and 2 different contacts I wear when I go out, one for close vision and one for distance vision. It took a couple of months to get used to them, but now I really like being able to drive to the grocery and then read all the lables. :-)
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