Because of an eye infection thing, I have been using my glasses for weeks now so I don’t put unnecessary things into my eyes. It’s changed how I felt about my glasses and self and I’ve found a beauty in my glasses I never though I had or thought possible. I used to hate my glasses and thought they made me look so unappealing. But now, I have found beauty in myself with them on, which has made me very pleased. I’m not sure what will happen when I can wear contacts again.
Anyway, tangent aside. On drives home I have been taking my glasses off, because one negative is that if I wear them for long periods of time, sometimes I get a headache.
One night I took them off and just looked around, usually when I take them off I just sleep or something and never just look around.
And it was beautiful.
The lights passing me were diffused and looked like fireworks of color and light from even just a streetlight. It reminded me a Van Gough picture and especially the scene in Doctor Who with Van Gough. It was a way to appreciate the small pieces of beauty that surround us all if we only take a moment to look.
I know not everyone can experience this, but if you can, try it.
I had no choice but to look around, to take the moment and look, and see the beauty that not everyone can see. It was very touching and still gives me goosebumps. It made me truly appreciate, both my glasses, but also my lack of sight. I always thought of it as a huge minus, like if I was in a zombie apocalypse, but this made me really think of the beauty behind it.
Maybe this is just a lesson about gratitude, the silver lining, and the beauty of both silence and stillness.