A year ago to the day, with one eye open, I stared up at a red dot coming from a laser above me. Paused... closed that eye, and then looked again at the red dot with the other eye. At that split second, I'd never look at things in the same way again... Spending a good part part of my early life having to wear contact lenses & glasses, a mere 30 seconds had changed every single thing around me.
Corrective laser eye surgery is not something I undertook lightly, and only made the decision after many years of deliberation and study. Now with better than perfect vision, and one year on, I can honestly say it was truly, well worth it. Best of all, getting the chance to experience such a change, made me unbelievably grateful and aware of my improved sight. Of all our senses, vision is the one that if removed, is undoubtedly the most debilitating. Being fortunate enough to have it, lets us see who we are, who our partners and friends are. It lets us often get the true story, and see what people are really saying or feeling, even though the words they speak, tell something else. It's so easy to forget it lets us work, watch, read, play and experience, sights and events and so much more, that is never that easily or quickly described in other ways.
So if this makes you think, for even a second, just about the unbelievable fortune you have, to be able to read this... then this has been worth it... if you see what I mean.
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