Life is funny sometimes. Today I wake up (a good thing) and yes, I slept with my contacts lenses in last night. So I realize that things seem a bit blurry when I look at my email, which is a very small font. So, I take out my contacts, and put on my glasses. Hmmm...still blurry. Then the self diagnosis and wonderful helpful self talk comes in. Things like, "You know you wrecked your eyes last night because they didn't get enough oxygen", and ,"Maybe I had a stroke and didn't know it" go running through my mind. So I go and do what most people do, consult with someone who is not licensed as an eye doctor, but is a very caring individual, and happens to be right there at the time, my dear significant other. He is much more scientific than I am, so we hold a cereal box up to my eyes, and I try to read the fine print, and then focus on a tree outside. You know, Eye Exercises. We decide that I spent a lot of time on my laptop yesterday, and my eyes are probably strained. I relalize that I probably need a bigger laptop, with a crisper screen, and I go down that path for awhile. Finally, the voice of reason speaks up. You know the little voice inside you, that seems to know what is true and what isn't? It gently says, 'Blondie...why don't you try cleaning your computer screen before you spend money and time on a new laptop and lasik surgery." So I did. And guess what? I CAN SEE!!!
It makes me wonder. How many times do we go down the wrong path, and come up with solutions for ourselves or worse yet, our friends and clients, without stepping out of the problem and getting some perspective and distance FIRST, then look for meaningful answers. You can't dig yourself out of a hole if you are still inside the hole with a shovel, you can only dig deeper. Next time this happens to me, I will get out of the hole, do something else for a few minutes, and then begin my analysis. Who knows, maybe by doing something else, I will have forgotten what the issue was in the first place!
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