Apr 22, 2006 13:18
You're in the doctor's office for a check up. He asks you to read the eye chart, but some letters are a bit blurry to you. You think "no big deal", since your vision has been getting more and more blurry over the years. Your doc recommends you see and optometrist where you get fitted for a pair of glasses. You spend hours trying to figure out which pair is right for you, but in the end you SETTLE for the least offensive pair. You spend days avoiding wearing them as much as you can, cause you hate the way they make you look. Over time you find yourself forced to wear them more and more because it's better than walking around in a blurry world all day. After some time passes, you realize, that the world looks much different...better than ever. You accept the fact that as long as you wear those ugly glasses, you are able to see things much more clearly. Yes it sucks that you are going to have to wear them the rest of your life, but at least you will have a clear view of everything in your life. You will be better able to see where you are going.
Well, MS is kind of like that. Yes it's ugly and you will have to deal with it the rest of your life, but at least it has made you look at life in a different light.
Sometimes, it's not about what you're looking at...but all about how you see it.