I switched glasses with a colleague the other day. A new guy joined my team a few weeks ago. 'Bobby the kid' we call him because he has a baby face even though he's only a few months younger than me.....which isn't saying much because I still consider myself young and I feel young, but in no way do I feel like a 'kid'. In my heart I do because I consider myself to have a young spirit. Anywayyyyy......Bobby and I discovered that we both enjoy middle of the line sunglasses and we noticed one day that we both had similar but different pairs of RayBan WayFarers so he suggested we switch because he was looking for a fresh pair, a fresh feel, no I believe it was a 'fresh look' he said. His glasses seemed neat so we swapped for the fun of it. Why not share skin cells with a practical stranger? Sure sounds like a grand idea....! I really didn't think twice about it because it did sound fun for a couple weeks, even though Kel later pointed out that it was a pretty intimate thing to do. Meh. I was just trying to make the guy feel welcomed to the team/org.
For the first few days I wore Bobby's shades I felt like my degree of cool had gone up slightly because his glasses were a bit 'different' in that they had a clear frames - something totally different than what I would buy but I was ROCKIN them - and mine were more traditional with a tortoise frame, amber lenses. A couple weeks into the trade I realized that I wanted my sunglasses back. I liked those traditional frames. I liked the consistency and comfort of them and I liked knowing they were mine and that I had chosen them and bought them with my own money. I also liked knowing that it was my face oil, my skin cells that were on them and nobody elses.....until now. In hindsight, I do not know why I switched because I am becoming quite a germ-a-phobe as I get older wiser. Caught in the moment I guess. Story of my life. But today I would make the switch back with Bobby, hoping nothing had happened to my trusty old pair.
Take this for what you will. Maybe I'm feeling emotional because Aunt Flow is in town, who knows. But this simple sunglasses swap helped to realize that sometimes, more often than not, it takes a new perspective to make you see that the grass is in fact very green on your side of the fence and to trust yourself in YOUR decisions, YOUR direction, YOUR choices. Because there are after all in fact YOURS and one of the only things somebody CANNOT take away from you, in 'Murica anyway.
Take this for what you will. Maybe I'm feeling emotional because Aunt Flow is in town, who knows. But this simple sunglasses swap helped to realize that sometimes, more often than not, it takes a new perspective to make you see that the grass is in fact very green on your side of the fence and to trust yourself in YOUR decisions, YOUR direction, YOUR choices. Because there are after all in fact YOURS and one of the only things somebody CANNOT take away from you, in 'Murica anyway.
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