Our sight doesn't change, but the view does...

I don't know if this is accurate, but an opthalmologist once explained the phenomenon of aging and related changes in our sight as follows: he said that our capacity for sight doesn't change with age - that we are born with the level of "sight competency" we will die with; however, our ability to compensate for our sight deficiencies weakens with age.  If it's not true, then I apologize for spreading false information, but that's what he said - and hey - it makes for a good blog. 

As children, we see things at face value.  We don't tend to question motive or sincerity.  We trust.  We don't worry about what will happen if we let go and love someone.  We believe in people and we just assume they will do right by us. 

As we age, I'm not sure that our hearts change all that much.  Some of us are born leaders.  Some are blessed with big, compassionate hearts.  Some are shy, some are bold and brave.  We learn so much and we do change.  But do our hearts?  We experience life.  We experience hurt and disappointment, loss and betrayal.  This changes the way we see the world and the people who roam this planet.  But the world hasn't changed.  Sure, certain aspects of the world change.  There are technological advances, natural disasters. changes to government and systems of education, and so forth.  But good and evil have always existed and always will. 

Our ability to focus on the basics slips away, as our vision becomes clouded with life's responsibilities and hardships.  We have to work harder and harder to see what was once so obvious, so pure...