Story Time + Lessons
We went to the optical clinic today to get me a new pair of eyeglasses. I wanted to change both the frame and the lenses—especially the lenses—since I’ve been feeling dizzy and uncomfortable wearing my current glasses lately. I thought maybe my eye grade had changed or increased, so we went to the clinic to find out for sure.
Now, my current eyeglasses still work, but like I said, they’ve started to feel uncomfortable. The color of the frame is fading. The lenses? Scratched—heavily.
But when the doctor checked my eyes, she told me my grade hadn’t changed at all. She was puzzled—why was I experiencing discomfort if my vision grade was the same?
Then it hit us.
It wasn’t my eyes—it was the lenses. The scratches were the problem.
And as I stared at the ceiling, waiting for the new pair to be ready, I had a realization.
Sometimes, we think the present feels unclear or uncomfortable, and we assume something’s wrong with us. That something within us has changed. But maybe the problem isn't us—it’s the lenses we’re using to see the world.
Sometimes, the past leaves scratches—little hurts, memories, regrets—that stay with us longer than we expect. And those scratches blur our vision. They make today feel distorted, even when nothing is wrong with the present.
It’s not always the world that’s unclear. Sometimes, it’s just the scratches.
—dvieloved















