Now, with just a few clicks, we can send text messages to friends and instantly find out if that dress really looks as good as you think it does on you.. Is that a good thing or not??
On Friday, I went to order some new glasses for myself. I wanted something new, funky, and completely different than I'd had before. Well, of course I had to get a second opinion before ordering something that was so different than what I'm used to. So, I would casually take pics of myself with my iPhone (it has the forward-facing camera), and texted pics to the hubby and my 16 year old.
They texted me "Why are you so angry?" and "Why such a sour face?". Ok, I am chewing gum while looking at my phone like I am just typing. I don't want everyone to know I'm taking pics of myself! What else was it going to look like? They didn't like the frames I had mainly gone after, so I thought- well maybe, just maybe, it's because of these weird faces I am making.
Then I started smiling for pics before sending them, busting out laughing over myself because I looked like a freaking lunatic! Here I was, at this little eye doctor's office in their frames lobby, grinning and taking pics of myself. One of the ladies that work there said, "Uh-oh, she's taking pictures of herself and laughing-that's not good."! I kept on taking the pics and texting the hubby and my daughter to get their opinions, and the hubs finally gave up and said I'd look great in any of them. It was too much fun just trying on the different frames and seeing the other peoples' reactions. Finally, I got down to the right pair-not the thick frames because they just didn't work on me, but still completely different than the typical plain silver frames I get.
When I sat down to order the frames, the girl said she'd heard someone was in the lobby taking pictures of themselves.. I laughed- at least we all had a little humor on a dull afternoon! Two weeks until my new glasses come in and I can't wait.
It gets so old doing the same things over and over.. I love change.. I embrace it.. I encourage it.. How else do we grow and find out what we are really capable of?
Change is the essence of life.
Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.
Reinhold Niebuhr
That's funny! I just got new frames last week and it didn't even occur to me to get new pics in them. Must not have been a big change because only one person has even noticed the change.
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