Don't take Your Eyesight for Granted.

So as many of you don't know I have poor eyesight.  My sight is terrible. Even if I wear glasses its still only 20 / 80.

This causes me a lot of disadvantages in life. I have trouble doing things that I think most people take for granted.  I'll tell you about a few. Well first of all I can't even do a handstand, let alone a cartwheel or anything like that. Partly due to my poor depth perception (the part of your sign that makes it so you can see how far stuff is). So due to that gymnastics are out of the question and every sport i can think of besides running and swimming. 

I have trouble seeing stairs, its rather scary for me always having to watch out for stares or drops, because most of the time I don't notice them, unless if they have a  shadow underneath. My blurry vision makes this even worse.  Some things but not all things i can't even tell the difference between if they are 2D or 3D. It is rather frustrating. 

I can't drive, or my vision is right on the edge of being able to drive but I prefer not to because it makes me very nervous.  So transportation is rather limited. 

When I'm at the computer I have to be 10 inches away from the screen or less to read anything. that part isn't so bad though, I'm used to it by now because I'm online so much. 

I often don't recognize people until they are 5 feet or less away from me, thats hard. I really wish i could recognize people from farther away.

TV always has to be watched 5 feet away or less unless if I'm wearing my glasses. My glasses make me far sighted, I usually don't wear them for this reason. I don't like to be far sighted. I tend to miss the detail if I wear them. 

Yeah, so those are just a few things that my vision causes, a few limitations that I have.  Sometimes I feel like people take their eyesight for granted, like they don't even think how special it is, like they don't realize just how amazing having good vision is.  I think this fact is very sad, you should think about it a little more.  

Its not easy living with my vision, but somehow i manage.