Over the past few years I have been experiencing a decline in my vision. It was not that I was more far-sighted or near-sighted than before. My vision began to grow dim. It was getting increasingly difficult to see the books on the higher and lower shelves in libraries and bookshops.<\/p>\r\n
I went to see my doctor, who told me I had cataracts. It wasn\u2019t too bad yet, but he said the condition would likely progress. That is how I left it for a year or two,keeping an eye on my condition. Then, this summer, I took the plunge, and had the operation.<\/p>\r\n
Since the operation, I\u2019ve been amazed at how much brighter my vision has become.I was moved to realize how full of light the world really is. Well, I suppose this is simply a return to how things were in my youth.<\/p>\r\n
After the operation, I returned home. I looked in the mirror I have in my house. For a second time I was amazed. There, reflected in the mirror, was the pitiful face of an old man. Spots and wrinkles were plain to see. I was devastated to think that this is the kind of old man I\u2019ve become. The restoration of sight is a mixed blessing.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2362,"template":"","message_category":[23],"class_list":["post-2363","messages","type-messages","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","message_category-serialization-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/messages\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/messages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/messages"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"message_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message_category?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}