These Eyes

I spent the day installing a bunch of locks into wooden doors and setting them up on a master key system. As the day progressed, my eyes became increasingly tired. My vision was very blurry and it was hard to see the pins and springs that I was working with. I started misplacing small lock parts and wasting time groping around for them like an old blind man. By late afternoon, the problem was seriously impeding my work. And it was getting me depressed about the future. My eyesight isn’t going to get better over time.

Finally, frustrated, I gave my eyes a break. I put my glasses down on the work bench in my van and administered an eyeball massage. When I reached for my glasses to get back to work, I saw that the lenses were thoroughly coated in sawdust. I wiped them off, put them back on, and immediately returned to full capacity.