Presbyopia

The optometrist recommended that I start using progressive glasses. At this age, she says, the the optic nerves start to harden. I didn't get the progressive glasses yet, because I was, admittedly, in denial. The price bump was even more annoying. But the eye doctor's recommendation about my retinas has infiltrated and influenced my belief system. I felt it more, and realized more often that I really needed to take off my glasses to read something closer, or that things blur out when I lower my eyes to a book or a phone. I've recognized it more among people, seeing them raising their glasses to their forehead, or moving their eyes to an upward angle when their looking at something close. I can see clearly that we're getting older, Jairus. But we can only hope that there's some wisdom to see this through.