Most of my stories I have taken from outside sources. I do, of course, have permission to share them. This is one story that is personal. It began, as I recall, a journey of waking me up to the garbage around me.
When I was a small child I frequently got severe migraines. My family took me to Texas State Optical for an examination. The Doctor there said I had a severe eye disease, that would eventually leave me blind. The news devastated my parents. After some prayers and lengthy discussion with close personal friends of theirs, I was taken to another Optometrist. This Doctor gave me a detailed examination. His diagnosis was two fold.
- 1. I was growing at an accelerated pace. He pointed to some stretch marks within my pupils as being evidenced of this.
- 2. My eyes would grow steadily worse as long as I was growing. When I stopped growing, my eyes would stabilized.
My parents asked if there was any evidence of any eye disease that he could detect. The Doctor asked who told them this? When he discovered the name of the doctor, he wasn't surprised. He was very angry at such dangerous statements from a "two-bit" doctor! Time would tell that this 2nd Doctor was indeed telling the truth. My eyes did stabilize, but my eyes are very bad. When I was growing up I would get severe headaches if I took them off for any extended period of time. If I wasn't trying to go to asleep, I had to wear glasses as long as I was awake. When I say my glasses are important to me, there is a good reason for it.
For those who wear glasses, this should not come as a shock. There have been times in which I have placed my glasses by my bedside table. When I would wake up in the morning, I would at times find that I had knocked them off onto the floor. There were times in which I would be suffering from severe migraines will trying to look for my glasses. I would close my eyes to prevent the light from penetrating as much. This amounted to a blind man groping around in the dark.
As I stated, there was one incident that started my journey to waking up to the garbage around me.
For those who wear glasses, this should not come as a shock. There have been times in which I have placed my glasses by my bedside table. When I would wake up in the morning, I would at times find that I had knocked them off onto the floor. There were times in which I would be suffering from severe migraines will trying to look for my glasses. I would close my eyes to prevent the light from penetrating as much. This amounted to a blind man groping around in the dark.
As I stated, there was one incident that started my journey to waking up to the garbage around me.
I told her my migraines were coming back, and it was hard to think much less look for something very important to me. She refused to help. She refused to help even when I told her I was going to be late for work.
She got our kids together and used this as an example for them. She used this to show that they should take better care of their personal belongings, and to not be like "their father"! As I said, it woke me up to the garbage being spread around me.
That being said, the glasses represent certain things in your life. They represent those things which focuses your attention on what is truly important. Those who try to take "your focus" of the truly important things do not have your best interest in mind. If they truly loved you they would want you to focus on the truly important things. The top picture says that in taking away your focus they have exposed themselves for who they truly are! For all the "legalistic excuses" for their "behavior", they in reality are some cold hearted, mean spirited people!
Sincerely,
David A. Kitchens, Editor
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