Hrrmm

Today we set the clocks back an hour as daylight saving time ends effectively giving us one extra hour. It’s too bad it isn’t always that easy. It’s been a strange day. I didn’t sleep well last night. I was in and out of sleep all night and consequently I’ve felt disjointed all day. I got home and was sitting here half watching a movie and letting my mind kind of wander where it wanted to and I kept thinking about what a person could do if they were granted one additional hour a year with no strings attached. I don’t know what I’d do.

Today I went over to my folk’s house and did some odds and ends for the remodeling they’re finishing up over there. I got to work with my Dad hanging up to things in a closet. I have several friends who would likely love to spend that extra hour with their parents but can’t either because their parents live far away or are no longer with us. After I finished up at my folk’s house, I went to the store and bought groceries and things and came home. I probably spent an hour or so going through the store and picking up things, checking out, coming home and putting things away. I’ll bet there are thousands of people in this country who would love to be able to spend that extra hour getting food and putting it away in an apartment where they are warm and dry. Pondering on this reminds me that I have a great deal of fortune in my life.

I also thought about this as a means to find a different perspective. A wonderful friend of mine mentioned she slept last night with her contacts still in her eyes. Those of us who wear contacts know this is usually a poor idea and the next day everything feels grainy and uncomfortable. Usually, if a person needs corrective lenses and wears contacts, they also have a pair of glasses to wear. I related to her that I once slept in my contacts and in the morning I put my glasses on (out of habit) and had a “Spiderman” moment trying to figure out why my glasses didn’t work anymore. If you’ve ever worn someone else’s glasses your first reaction is to marvel at how weird everything looks. That got me thinking along this line. Wearing corrective lens presumably brings your vision as close to 20/20 as the prescription will allow in effect restoring your vision to that of everyone around you. If you were to have your contacts in and then put on your glasses you could then, in essence, see how strange your point of view is to someone else looking through your glasses.

Is this too deep for a Sunday night? Is it deep at all or am I just being pretentious. I don’t really know. Truthfully, I don’t really care either. I once heard someone say that the minute someone said to him “To tell you the truth” He became wary of everything that person ever said. I also don’t know about the validity of that mantra either but it seemed like a good thing to point out.

I think I’m going to wrap up this little ditty by saying I am whole-heartedly thankful for all of my friends and family. I have the distinct honor of knowing many remarkable people. I think I’m going to spend my extra hour today and think about the people in my life who have and continue to make my trip down this arduous road considerably easier.