A look inside Positive Vision: Enjoying the Adventures and Advantages of Poor Eyesight
An upbeat exploration of how the author manages life with poor vision.
Full of rollicking adventures and humorous incidents. Lots of fun examples showing the advantages of poor eyesight.
Adventures
Include parachuting, world trade center, scuba diving, pseudo dive bombing, spelunking (caving), and horseback riding.
Snappy quote at the start of each chapter:
One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. Gerard Way
Snappy quote at the start of each chapter:
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. Mark Twain
Adventures
Also include Baltimore, Brooklyn, a Watermelon, a high wire act, 2 for 1, sports, geese, fire, looks, mayhem, and catching a thief.
Snappy quote at the start of each chapter:
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. Stevie Wonder
Vision related anecdotes
Also involve: public speaking, poker, balance, smell, hearing, touch, brain power, details, romance, friends, racial harmony, curiosity, suggestions, and sharing.
Snappy quote at the start of each chapter:
I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?
Soledad O'Brien
Corny jokes at the end of each chapter:
A green snake goes in to see the optometrist because his eyesight is failing.
“It’s actually affecting my life. I can’t hunt anymore because I can’t see.”
The doctor fits the snake for glasses and the snake immediately notices an improvement in his eyesight. A week later, the doctor calls the snake to check how the glasses are holding up.
“They’re fine,” the snake answers. “But now I’m being treated for depression.”
“Depression?” the doctor asks.
“Yeah, my eyesight cleared up, but it made me realize I’ve been dating a garden hose.”
Vision-related anecdotes
Involve: laughter, crime, data, courage, finding friends and meeting new people, stairs, enjoyment, and eye patches
Advantages
Advantages of bad eyes, can also include seeing - and helping to make the world better - in terms of beauty, romance, and racial harmony.
Corny jokes at the end of each chapter:
How do pirates prefer to communicate?
Aye to aye!
Why do pirates say "aye aye Captain"?
Two ayes are better than one
What did the pirate say when he turned 80?
Aye matey
Corny jokes at the end of each chapter:
My optometrist told me I have bad vision…
I don't see the problem
You are doing a good deed!
With each purchase of Positive Vision, you are helping with a good deed. 10% of the author's royalties are donated to eye research, ending avoidable blindness, and restoring people's sight.
Advantages of Poor Eyesight
Can include longer life; more adventure and discovery; greater creativity and imagination.
Advantages of Poor Eyesight
Can also include better hand-eye coordination, balance and presentation skills.
Advantages of Poor Eyesight
can also include enhanced use of hearing, smell, touch and taste
Snappy quote at the start of each chapter:
If there are any of you at the back who do not hear me, please don't raise your hands because I am also nearsighted. W. H. Auden
Chapters include:
1. Longer Life
2. Science to the Rescue
3. Adventure and Discovery
4. Successful People with Poor Eyesight
5. Imagination, Creativity and Focus
Chapters include:
6.Public Speaking and Sports
7. Smell, Taste, Hearing, Touch
8. Beauty, Relationships, Racial Harmony
9. Mayhem, Curiosity, Mystery,
Thief
10. Final Thoughts
Corny jokes at the end of each chapter:
An ophthalmologist, an optometrist, and an optician walk into a bar...
Nobody could see the difference
What did the right eye say to the left eye?
Between you and me, there’s something that smells