New Respect

Yesterday morning was eventful (as was the whole day-celebrating a friends 21st, w00t!). Phone was ringing with unknown numbers I continuously ignore, Chips(my cat) was meowing and crawling all over me. Thankfully the sun doesn't really enter my room so the illumination of my room stays fairly dim, even during the brightest part of the day. This was all before I crawled out of bed.

As I see it an unfortunate situation I have, is I have to wear glasses. Granted, its not always bad as it does help me see. My vision is pretty horrible as without them I am unable to see the screen I am typing on. My first step in the morning is to turn on my lamp then put on my glasses. Well, when I went to put on my glasses, they broke. The frame around the nose piece gave out. I had known it was going to break fairly soon, but it just had to break yesterday.

Since then I have been using my prescription sunglasses to see(break out Corey Hart's "I wear my sunglasses at Night puns now). This experience however as given me a new respect to those who are blind. I take my vision for granted as it is something I have and use constantly. But what about those who? So many questions run through my head. What's it like to blind? What's it like to be unable to see the beauty all around you? etc. I've heard that when one sense is gone the others get stronger, making up for the lost one.

I do not have the privilege of knowing any blind person but they have just gained my respect. To be able to traverse around a town let alone the world seems like a huge challenge, almost impossible but its not.

Good news is I will be getting new glasses tomorrow and my 48 hours of blurred or shaded vision will be over.