The Lazy Eye
Have you ever talked to someone with a Lazy Eye?
I mean, bless their hearts for carrying the burden of that
because that has got to be rough. And just FYI, my intent today is not to make
fun of these wonderfully courageous people who go about their daily lives with the
challenge of having an eye that fades ever so slightly to the left… or to the
right. But rather, my intent is to come up with some protocol so that when I
address these brave people I can make them feel more at ease.
This has been on my mind because this week I had an occasion
to talk to a gentleman with the lazy eye malady. I was trying to look him in
straight in the eye, but then I noticed that his other eye was looking
somewhere else. So then I thought, “That must be his good eye”, so then I
switched my focus.
But through the
course of our conversation I kept second guessing myself as to which eye was
his “good eye”. So then my eyes started darting back and forth because I wasn’t
sure which eye I was supposed to be looking at and I just wanted to cover all
my bases.
What do you do in that situation? Do you just look at
another appendage like their ear or nose? And what is the secret to figuring
out which eye is the “good eye”?
If you know the answer to this conundrum I would greatly appreciate
some input.
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