Wednesday, November 5, 2014

A Little Story

 


    With my upcoming test, I've been putting in a lot of hours at the library and various cafes reviewing what I've learned this past month. Yesterday I was sitting at the library with an empty stomach and a lack of motivation. In a desperate attempt to get something done, I pulled out my fake reading glasses, hoping they would give me the boost I needed. I put them on and already felt a little bit smarter... glasses sometimes just have that effect, real or fake! I realized how dirty they were so I took them off and began to rub away the smudges with my scarf, as I tried to clean them I saw the man sitting across from me motioning to hand over the glasses. He had a small bottle of spray and a cloth beside his computer, so I embarrassedly handed over my fake glasses. I watched him spray down the frame and lenses, hoping he wouldn't notice that they don't have a prescription. The man wiped them down and while he handed them back to me he said,

"My mother always told me to enjoy my eyes."

   I smiled and thought about what he meant by that. Not much longer after, he gathered his things and stood up to leave. As he was walking away I took out my ear buds and thanked him once more. He turned around and nodded his head and it wasn't until then that I noticed he was blind in one eye.

It's simply encounters like these that remind me all I have to be thankful for. I believe a lot of people, including myself seek memorable experiences and think that in order to do so, you have to do these big and exciting things, when really a humbling experience can happen in the smallest places when you least expect it.

hanna

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