I once bought a pair of sunglasses and replaced the original lenses with prescription ones.
The problem was the lenses had to be moulded to fit the curved frames. This warped my vision, and I’d get a splitting headache within half an hour of wearing the glasses.
I thought I’d get used to them, but day after day, the headache would return. So I had to stop wearing them.
This experience got me thinking about the lenses we put on every day; knowingly and unknowingly.
The attitude we take out the front door each morning is a lens.
How we interpret unforeseen events and minor inconveniences is a lens.
How we respond to the good things in life—either with gratitude or entitlement—is a lens.
Although we have many lenses, we rarely have headaches to remind us when we’re suffering from warped vision.
So it’s important to take a step back every once in a while and ask ourselves, “Am I viewing the world through lenses that are consistent with who I am, and who want to be?”