FALU's: The Windows to my World

    It is very strange how your life can be changed by a pair of glasses. I realized this when I had forgotten my glasses at home before going to work. Within a mere minute of the time, my perspective on the world was altered. And I do mean that literally. I always wear my glasses for classes, work, and for movie nights.

    The day I forgot my pair, I managed without them and forgot them altogether. The weekend was a mildly fuzzy one, to say at least. How incredibly blind I was to the reality I was missing out on. I realized that upon my return from work, and I started looking for them without any luck.

After two days thorough search, very late at night, I found my glasses at the

bottom of my backpack. A feeling of joy filled me at that very moment. As soon as I found them, I slipped them onto my face, it was as the world had been opened for me. Everything seemed brighter, and more beautiful, like a HD movie. I could now recognize friendly faces in the distance; I could read texts that had been before, to me, just a fuzzy line.

     Now, I began to observe the world more closely. I can see ants on the sidewalk when I go to take the bus to go to college. How splendid  hard workers ants are!. I realized this is how everyone without optical aids always saw the world. However, I noticed that there is an advantage to wearing glasses, that a person with normal vision does not have. At any time, I can remove my glasses and remind myself why I have them in the first place. If at any occasion I doubt the beauty of the world, I can simply put on my glasses to appreciate it.

     During that weekend, the mornings where dull. Every distant shape was soft edged, and every distant customer and friend unrecognizable. Now, I wake up, the dull vision is still in my natural eyes, but with a simple move I cast my vision through two optical windows and the world instantly brightens. Details become clear. Some might claim that the microorganisms are in the details, but I would argue for the opposite. If you happen to see me walking around campus with a little jig in my walk, it might be because, for a moment, I forgot to put my glasses on, and suddenly remembered how beautiful life is.