"Bring my gold-rimmed glasses, Paddy"
Boasted she while making her presentation ready
"But you are wearing one already"...
"That is not for 'meetings', you Maddy"
Proud and prompt came the reply while real-gold-rimmed glasses got delivered to her.
People don't mind carrying 'extra' even if it means extra cost (space & weight) to carry. Cost-of-carrying 'extra' from home to work, work to leisure, leisure (back) to home: throughout life.
Why (does this happen)?
A confusion of aesthetics taking precedence over functionality.
'How am I seen' gets more important in the rat-race than 'Who-n-How am I'?
'Show' takes precedence over 'reality',
'want over need', 'cost over value'.
'want over need', 'cost over value'.
And 'short-sight' over 'long-sight'.
Am I 'short-sighted' or 'long-sighted'?
Anyone can take this simple test!
Anyone can take this simple test!
I took one to find myself a mix of both; sometimes 'short-sighted', less time 'long'.
Real journey is to take conscious actions towards being less 'short-sighted' a creature. And faster so!
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