1. I went on a business trip to CHICAGO recently…

2. …and it was a DISASTER

3. It was only a day trip, so I decided not to bring my
glasses.. Even though I can’t see the big E

4. My boss wanted to make some final changes to our
materials at midnight, so I typed away
Sir Boss, I really can’t see
anything right now

5. When the FINAL email came in…

6. I set my alarm for 6AM and went STRAIGHT to sleep

7. But when I woke up, I realized that I
FORGOT my contacts

8. And I had a meeting with a CEO later
Why is this person
squinting at me?

9. I NEEDED my contacts. ASAP.

10. So I rushed down to the hotel’s business center to
print 1,000 copies…
I hope no one comes in and sees me with
my face plastered to the monitor…
…And then rushed into a cab to go to the eye
doctor to pick up some contacts

11. As I looked out of the window, I realized that the
blurry Chicago I saw was surprisingly BEAUTIFUL

12. Even as I stepped out of the taxi only to face falling
icicles from the building above…
…it was still BEAUTIFUL. What was there to fear if I
couldn’t see it anyway?

13. But when I put in my newly bought contacts,
Chicago became GRAY AND DULL
I guess I couldn’t really see the details without my
contacts, but somehow it had been BETTER that way

14. Someone once told me that he never knew he was
HAPPY until it was in the past

15. In high school, EVERYTHING seemed like it
was a BIG DEAL
This SUCKS…

16. But when he started working, he forgot the small
things that used to bother him and realized that he
was actually really HAPPY back then
Why do I have to wear suits
everyday? I wish I could go back to
high school.

17. We always tend to look at the present with a
MAGNIFYING GLASS

18. But as TIME PASSES…

19. We forget the SMALL THINGS that used to be such a
BIG DEAL

20. We are able to see things from a different PERSPECTIVE,
and we can truly appreciate the BEAUTY in our lives

21. As I rode towards my meeting in Chicago, I thought…
What if I was able to see what I saw without my
contacts on EVERY DAY of my life?

22. It’s not that I’m going to blind myself to what’s going on
around me…
It’s just that I’ll remember to step back from the daily
GRIT AND GRIND

23. And ignore the small things that WEIGH ME
DOWN

24. I’m going to embrace the things I have
I don’t like hugs.. but just this
once…

25. And stop listing off the things that I don’t have
or the dreams that didn’t go as planned

26. After all, wouldn’t you rather SPREAD light…

27. Versus TAKING IT AWAY ?

28. So let’s THROW AWAY our magnifying glasses

29. And actually SMELL the roses

30. While choosing to overlook that HAIRY CATEPILLAR
that might be crawling on the petals

31. Thanks for reading
Willow’s Wednesday’s Musings
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