Glasses can be necessary items if one wants to see clearly. But they are optional. A person can choose to wear them or not wear them. Even if the initial choice for glasses is made, the pair will need updating. If the same pair is kept, they eventually will do no good since vision changes. The ever-present aging process requires that adjustment be made on a regular basis. Otherwise, 20/20 begins to blur.
I know people who defy this principle when it is applied metaphorically to human nature. They feel that they are truer to human nature if they don't change because the divine nature never changes in their view. The divine nature doesn't have the same kind of aging problem, so that needs to be left out of the equation.
Simply put glasses help us see without leaves on trees being blurred, without details at a distance being lost, print up close being out of focus, color distortions being present, or shapes having irregular outlines. Likewise, there are checkpoints or junctures for reconsideration scattered throughout life. Every 7 years is one such juncture (the "seven-year itch" is even an idiom in English). Every decade is another. Ask anyone turning 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60, and (s)he will say how hard it is to turn that age beginning the next 10 years of her or his life. After trauma is another marker. Following a milestone accomplishment is also a time of measuring what came before, what is coming after. There are other checkpoints. Adjustments after checkpoints are optional, of course; it just depends on how well a person wants to enjoy the vision of life after a checkpoint. Some opt to enjoy, some don't. I've done it both ways and definitely prefer clear vision to poor.
I know people who defy this principle when it is applied metaphorically to human nature. They feel that they are truer to human nature if they don't change because the divine nature never changes in their view. The divine nature doesn't have the same kind of aging problem, so that needs to be left out of the equation.
Simply put glasses help us see without leaves on trees being blurred, without details at a distance being lost, print up close being out of focus, color distortions being present, or shapes having irregular outlines. Likewise, there are checkpoints or junctures for reconsideration scattered throughout life. Every 7 years is one such juncture (the "seven-year itch" is even an idiom in English). Every decade is another. Ask anyone turning 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60, and (s)he will say how hard it is to turn that age beginning the next 10 years of her or his life. After trauma is another marker. Following a milestone accomplishment is also a time of measuring what came before, what is coming after. There are other checkpoints. Adjustments after checkpoints are optional, of course; it just depends on how well a person wants to enjoy the vision of life after a checkpoint. Some opt to enjoy, some don't. I've done it both ways and definitely prefer clear vision to poor.
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