Without Glasses, In The Dark

I woke up last night to go to the bathroom.  I was rubbing my belly when I found something hard on it.  Without thinking I tried to look at it.  I put it on the end of my finger and looked at it.  That's when it hit me.  One, I didn't have my glasses on and without them I can't see a billboard at twenty paces.  Two, I was in the dark.

Uh, duhhhh!

I felt like the blonde that looked over the chain link fence to see what was on the other side.

Unfortunately, that is how many of us go through life.  Without glasses and in the dark.  We find things and can't see how wonderful they are because we don't have our glasses on, or we are in the dark.  It is sad to think of what we might miss simply because we don't take the time to view what is right in front of us.

I was that way for a long time.  In high school I didn't see the girls right in front of me who wanted to be more than just a friend.  I missed out on a lot of good times because I was so shy and unobservant.  One lady, years later confessed to me she was so in love with me that she cried all day the day that she found out I had gotten married.  Fortunately we were able to reconnect years latter and became close again along with our spouses.

Or the times that opportunity came knocking in the form of a job.  You know the kind of job that only comes along once in a long while and never to be repeated again.  For what ever reason we don't recognize what a jewel the opportunity really is.  My high school English teacher comes to mind when he told us that he could have bought in to a company for a hundred dollars.  he just couldn't see how a guy could succeed in converting vans in his garage to campers.  And that name, Winnebago, what's up with that?

Now that I have ALS I can no longer sit back and ignore chances when they come by.  Recognizing them might be like looking at that hard thing I found on my belly. Without my glasses.  In the dark. So I guess I will just have to take more chances and hope for the best.

Oh and no I never figured out what it was.  Not for sure I want to either.



Until next time.................