Vision

I can see! I don't wear glasses, although all my family do, in various forms and levels of need, yet I still struggle with my vision. Rather than plan ahead, I find myself wanting to deal with things right in front of my nose. I'm aware of it and I deal with it, better and better as the years tick on, but I feel frustrated with other people that don't deal with it. I guess it boils down to the difference between 'want' and 'ought' or 'need'. I 'want' to eat loads of cake, but I 'need' to lower my cholesterol and/or lose weight. I 'want' those shoes, but I 'need' to save money to get my car fixed. Or maybe a lack of vision based on physical, rather than temporal, proximity. "I'll help out local people, but those darned city types/country folk/northerners/southerners/foreigners can go look after themselves." Can't you buggers see that people everywhere need help, and they all deserve equal treatment?

I have, in my time written more coherently, but I did this quickly and my eyes are streaming and sore, my nose is running and I keep sneezing, and all this despite the antihisthamines. So I'm not at my best. Please forgive me.