My sister-in-law Linda and I found some old glasses in their case when we were cleaning out Mom and Dad’s storage room. I know two things about them: they are old and I like them a lot. They did not belong to my parents and I’m guessing some previous owner of the house and storage building stuck them there a long time ago and forgot about them.
The one who wore these glasses must have looked at a different kind of life than the one I know. I wonder if she (for some reason I think the owner was a woman) saw things differently? Did she view the world with hopeful eyes? Did she look forward to a bright future? I remember having a conversation with my dad about some event that I thought was pretty clearcut and he said, “Well, it all depends on the way you look at it.” And that’s true, whether we are talking about the present day or a hundred years ago, nobody looks at life in the same way. We have different viewpoints, opinions, and outlooks. If we don’t understand those viewpoints, at least we can respect them.
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