Persistence

Persistence

By Drew Bankston

This week will be three weeks with double vision. I’m finding that my eyes are getting very tired throughout the day as they attempt to coordinate with each other, but are unsuccessful in the efforts. I’ve just finished a round of heavy antibiotics and steroids but haven’t seen any improvements, so I’ll be contacting the doctor again to see what the next plan of action will be. In the meantime, I’m learning what I can and cannot do.

It’s a struggle doing many day-to-day things and finding my way through the multiple images that I see without running into the phantom images that encroach on my vision. Each morning, I wake up hoping that my vision has healed, and each morning I’m disappointed.  I’m eager to have my vision go back to the way it was.

There is a possibility that my vision will never correct, and that I’ll be this way the rest of my life. In that event, I’m doing what I can to incorporate this into my life. I’ve started riding my scooter again, cautiously, and I’m getting used to where road elements are in comparison to where I am. I’m trying to work with what I have and make life easier.

The toughest thing for me right now is trying to write. Obviously, I’m able to do that. It’s my passion. It’s the one thing that I never want to lose in my life. Writing is everything to me, so I’m working hardest to be able to write efficiently and without many mistakes, and although my eyes tire easily now, I feel that it’s helping me to organize my thoughts better so that when I do sit down to write, I’m not having to spend as much time thinking about what needs to be said.

I’m trying hard to be persistent in my happiness and in focusing on the things that I can do to make life a happy place. I want to spread that happiness to all of you in my writing and in my stories that I share with you. As such, I’m completely redoing one of my series and re-launching each book over the next year with a completely new look and a few new additions to the story-lines. Keep watching for these changes. I know that you’re going to love them. In the meantime, I’m the double vision author, wishing each of you a great week and the strength to be persistent in reaching every dream and accomplishing every goal!