I broke my spectacles last night.
This is the second time I broke my spectacles in my 17 years of wearing them. I seldom ever keep a spare as my spectacles are always too expensive and my power degree fluctuations are too extreme.
Have I ever mentioned that my spectacle lens are made of glass and that I drop them off my 2 metre bed every other month for the last couple of years already?
I dropped it off the side of the wash sink in my bathroom. It stemmed from an action which I do twice a day when washing up to and from bed. I was simply devastated and disbeliving.
I reflected in the aftermath and realised that in the hours before the incident, I was brimming with negative vibrations of thoughts and actions. I was already stomping all over the house, flipping switches of all the electronics and in the midst of bashing and climbing up the walls. And in culmination of the entire evening's feelings of fustration, senseless anger and pent up restlessness - I broke down.
Project a little faith: The power of positive vibrations/ The costs of negative vibrations
Monetary costs: US$200+
Time costs: Unimaginable.
I could remain angry, but I (after some reluctance) am choosing to face it, learn the lessons and thank God - for the revelation, the show of faith and how it could have been a whole lot worse. No , I am not even going to think about how much worse, so just run along now and have positive vibrations for the rest of your life now.
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Interesting. Some could say that it was karma. I prefer the concept of negative faith. It is something I have been musing about for some years now. I see you've linked my blog so you've perhaps been following my musings for a while. Back when I first began to consider conquering my deepest depression I began to contemplate the power of negative thinking as a force for ill will in my life. I like to believe I was inspired by God to consider trying positive thinking to offset all the darkness. Heaven knows I certainly wasn't doing any positive thinking at the time. It made a profound change in my life. I have been thankful for that inspiration for years. I'm still an odd little magnet for misery and bad luck; I just don't blog about it anymore. But my newfound attitude helps me let the bad news just roll off me now.
I'm sorry to hear about your glasses. Unexpected expenses are never welcome, especially when they seem like the dark little cherry on the top of a really bad day of angry cream. I wish you all the best in keeping your spirits up in the face of such lousy news.
Pleasure and great surprise to have you drop by. Welcome. Your "cherry" comment totally hit the nail on its head. Kindred sprits?
Yes, I have been following your blog quite a bit. I learned about The Splintered Mind after googling for the book - "Driven to Distraction". Through your blog, I also read "Learned Optimsim" too. Your blog is self-help for the day-to-day and the bit-by-bit. No explainations or grand changes in life, just little adjustments to help us fulfill the potential of our everyday.
While I have never been diagnosed for any psychological issues, I do get a little down sometimes, and a little too unfocused sometimes. I doubt proper diagnosis will ever lead on to proper treatment, especially from where I live now. But diagnosed or not, life is waiting. So enough now.
I want to share the ending to the misadventure - usually, my spectacles take a minimum of 5 working days as it is a special order from the labs. I called up about 5 opticians, including my regular and all could only deliver in 5-10 days. These were based on the former specifications of my spectacles. Rather than wallowing, accepting and locking myself away to handle this crisis by myself, I shared with my family like how I shared through this blog. Then through a friend's friend of the family, I found one that could deliver in 12 hours and at half the price! - this was given a recent change in technology since my previous pair.
Perhaps or perhaps not. I do not care to know how and what happened really or if positive faith/ vibrations did change something. But feeling optimistic or positive is definately a much more actionable and relatable feeling than just dealing with it alone.
Do keep up your fantastic work on The Splintered Mind - I am sure it is helping you as much as it is helping people like me. See you around again. ;)
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