March 8 - A Matter of Perspective

A friend told me today that she thought I had made a mistake when in my last post I wrote that March had come in like a lamb. I suppose it is all a matter of perspective. I thought that when the sun was shining and there was no wind, it was a nice day in spite of the below zero temperature. My friend was in Florida enjoying the balmy weather of the southern state and to her a March 1 day of thirty degrees below zero was more like the month coming in like a lion. As I say, it was a matter of perspective.

I think that the same holds true for sight. I am often asked how much I can see and what it feels like to be visually impaired. There are some days when I honestly forget about my low vision, and then there are other days when I feel on the brink of frustration.

As a general rule I don’t compare myself to other people who have vision loss, but if I did, my perspective might be altered with each comparison. If I am standing beside someone with no sight, I would venture to say that my sight is really quite good. If I am standing beside someone who is fully sighted, then I would have to say that I am quite visually impaired. Mostly I try to be just me. There is no changing things anyway! We all need to play with the cards we have been dealt. The rest is just a matter of perspective.