{Day 346}

March 12, 2013

In general I can be pretty serious and I don’t know why that is since I love to laugh. As I get older I’m learning to embrace being goofy and laugh at myself as well. While I had a good time being silly in these glasses I think I’ll leave the wearing of them to my good looking brother. 🙂 Thankfully I had LASIK done on my eyes so I don’t need glasses or contacts! The 15/20 vision isn’t bad either. 😉

In all seriousness though I was musing on glasses and how they help us see but only for the time we leave them on. Same with contacts. They correct our vision for a time but it’s not permanent and it’s not really the easiest either. In fact it can be a pain. What if you loose your glasses or your contact gets scratched? Let’s not even get into smudges on the lenses… Isn’t that how good works can be if we do them in our own strength? Things might look good for a while but in reality it hasn’t changed who we are. We still need corrective help. But when we have surgery on our eyes we can see clearly all the time. In the same way, a heart change makes all the difference with our good works. Do we do them to be seen and noticed by others or truly out of love for Jesus? Is it for aesthetics or permanent?

(Photos by: Christa Taylor)

{Day 345}

{Day 347}

19 Responses to {Day 346}

duoimagery March 12, 2013 at 7:15 am #

This outfit is so stinking cute! Love it! Love you 🙂 -bethany
- misselaini March 12, 2013 at 2:01 pm #
  
  Thanks! I so enjoy wearing skirts like this. 🙂 I love you too! xxx
Emily Swanky March 12, 2013 at 1:49 pm #

“In the same way, a heart change makes all the difference with our good works. Do we do them to be seen and noticed by others or truly out of love for Jesus? Is it for aesthetics or permanent?”
Thank you for this reminder! Our service and love for Jesus should come from a pure, unselfish and serving heart!
I love reading your blog still 😀
- misselaini March 12, 2013 at 2:02 pm #
  
  Thanks for leaving a comment Emily! And thank you for taking the time to read my blog. 🙂 xxx
  - misselaini March 12, 2013 at 2:11 pm #
    
    P.S. And CONGRATULATIONS on your recent engagement! 😀 So exciting! I wish you and your fiance all the best!
Lisa Warninger March 12, 2013 at 3:06 pm #

Another way of looking at it is this:

I’m a photographer by profession. My vision is extremely important to me. I wear contacts and without them I am blind. Like completely blind, can’t focus on anything more then 3 inches in front of my face. Yet, this extreme nearsightedness is a welcome change of perception at the end of each day. Yeah, I can’t see normal, but I can see teeny tiny itty bitty details with perfection. I also think it’s interesting when the entire world in front of me blows out of focus, when all I can see is a blur of color and light. Even though I’m the “perfect candidate” for eye surgery I love the daytime contacts and the night time blindness. Sometimes looking at the world literally in a totally different way is just what I need.
- misselaini March 12, 2013 at 3:23 pm #
  
  This is great! Thanks for taking the time to share a different perspective on a corrective eye wear analogy. 🙂 I’m sure there are lots of angles to look at it through and I enjoyed hearing yours. 🙂
darcie March 12, 2013 at 3:43 pm #

i immediately thought “librarian”! 😀 which is kinda funny…since i’ve never seen a librarian as cute as you!
- misselaini March 13, 2013 at 1:44 pm #
  
  Haha yes that would sorta fit. 🙂 Thank you! You’re so sweet. xxx
Kari March 12, 2013 at 4:43 pm #

This post made me smile because 1- I LOVE your outfit!!! and 2- My brother (who is 3 yrs. younger, but looks like my twin) has glasses that look just like your brother’s, and I like to wear them for fun once and a while 🙂
- misselaini March 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm #
  
  Thanks! Christa was sweet and let me borrow some clothes and another dear friend sent me those amazing shoes! That’s fun that you are and your brother look like twins. 🙂
Ruth March 13, 2013 at 1:14 am #

You little cutie!
- misselaini March 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm #
  
  Haha thanks dear. 🙂 You’re a little cutie yourself!
Tatiana Bonanno March 14, 2013 at 2:55 pm #

elaini, you are adorable.
- misselaini March 18, 2013 at 1:20 pm #
  
  Thanks dear!
Victoria / Justice Pirate March 22, 2013 at 2:16 pm #

I’m a very serious but very silly person as well. I don’t laugh much at certain jokes and people think there is something wrong with me, and I think you might have what I have. . .you think too much about what is going OUTSIDE of your own world (like all “your” kids) while I think a lot about human trafficking and such, that I am serious all the time. I am starting to shine more with being more smiling and laughing more. . .it took a few years to get back here, but it is good. I love your glasses on you! I think they look great!!!
- misselaini March 25, 2013 at 10:00 pm #
  
  We would have a grand time together then friend! I appreciate your perspective. I hadn’t thought of it like that but I think you nailed it on the head. And pretty much I need you around to remind me to smile a bit more. 🙂 I’m learning… And thanks! They are making an appearance in tomorrow’s post. 😉
Becca April 7, 2013 at 1:10 pm #

I love your skirt!! Where did you find it? Please don’t tell me you made it, it’s beautiful (:
- misselaini April 8, 2013 at 10:50 pm #
  
  Thanks! Christa graciously let me borrow it. It’s from Anthropologie. 😀

Navigation

19 Responses to {Day 346}