Unveiling Beauty Through The Lens of Clarity

I woke up last week after cataract surgery to a renewed appreciation of the beauty in the world. With the haze of clouded vision gone, the sky is brilliant blue. The trees have a hue of green I have not known for years. The snow on the mountains looks pristine white. With renewed visual clarity and color perception, I’m truly seeing the world through a new set of lenses. It feels as though I have been transported into a new earth.

I’ve been reflecting about the gift and the curse of adaptation, as in when the cataracts, over time, cloud our eyes to the point of not knowing what we don’t know. The curse comes when we adapt so well to our circumstances, we can become blind to the toxicity of relationships. It isn’t until we step away with a new set of lenses that we realize how we’ve been adapting to something that’s limiting and even harming us.

It’s important to pay attention, to stay present, and to step away periodically to renew our perspective.