“No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future.” (Ecclesiastes 10:14b)
When I woke up yesterday morning I would have never imagined that my day would end trying to play softball with only one good eye. Sure, I was advised to be careful or not play at all. My sister told me that I would be just fine since she has played ball before and she has almost no depth perception. So, I did play. I played with a white bandage over my left eye through two games in a heat index of over 100 degrees. Oh yes, I looked and felt ever so special and my team had a lot of fun at my expense….all in love and fun, of course.
Let me back up. I have a scratch on my retina (I think that is what it is). I was in a lower cabinet and a cord was hanging from an upper cabinet and I hit the cord and the plug part hit my eye. I went down hard and then, later, felt like a baby for going to the doctor but I was worried I wouldn’t be able to play our last games of the season. I practiced playing catch to make sure I could see and I felt confident that I was good to go….regardless if no one else did. Truly, everything went fine. It was hard for me to see action on my left side but we worked it through and actually won our first game of the season. The team thinks I should play with one-eye more often.
As I was sitting there with my husband debating going to the doctor he made some extremely good points. Because of someone’s carelessness, not putting the toaster away right, our whole team could have been affected. If I couldn’t have played we would have had to take a drop out because we would not have had enough girls. And that sucks but how often in life does that happen? Very rarely do our mistakes, bad judgments, or close calls affect only us. Because we do not live in a world by ourselves even our accidents have consequences that go far beyond the reach of our own arm. Every single step we make is going to affect someone else. We need to be careful of our foot placement and realize that, when making decisions, it’s not all about us.
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessings if we don’t give up.” (Galatians 6:9)
