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A Better World and a Better You

A poem about getting rid of our old glasses.

Bassey BY
2 min readJun 15, 2021
Photo by Aditya Ali on Unsplash

I get my eye checked,
I dropped my old glasses
The new glasses make
things and people clearer and brighter.
I found the reality I’m in charge of.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. One awesome writer here professes how she is not a beautiful woman, and she concludes, “it’s obvious.”

Wow, her conclusion is correct. The writer feels, thinks, and believes her obvious lack of beauty. And she writes down how she feels. I guess the writer is sincere about her feeling. And many readers will applause her and follow her. I understand where she is, and I recognize she wears her old glasses.

Life comes down to what we think of ourselves first. Get rid of your old glasses so that you can experience beauty in yourself, others, and the world. A better you starts with you. A better world starts with us.

“Some of us teach ourselves and our children to love the superficial outer; our looks, hair, skin, clothes rather than the greater beauty that resides within whereas it is that inner beauty that really

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Bassey BY
Bassey BY

Written by Bassey BY

I write lifestyle stories that help us get healthier, wiser, happier,& wealthier.I like to organize, garden, cook & walk. https://bassey.medium.com/subscribe

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