Monday 4 May 2020

Size matters ... does it not?

I think the problem when you have too much time on your hands, with very little else to do, after you have done all the tasks you have been putting off for a while, and now you are scratching your head for something to occupy your time ... what a long introduction ... but let's continue ... deep breath ...

I think the problem in such circumstances of too much un-occupied time is that you become a little self-conscious. You start to analyse yourself, you start to look at yourself in the mirror. You compare. You consider whether size really matters. Has anyone noticed? Has anyone commented about it? Has anyone complained? If not, why worry about it?

I've been doing just that lately. Looking at the mirror and wondering whether size matters or whether anyone will notice or say something about it.

After all, it is always in full view. Someone is bound to see it and say something sooner or later.

I am sure it is not my imagination, but I have one ear slightly bigger than the other. I never noticed it before.

A few days ago whilst shaving I nicked myself. A very small cut near my ear. It bled a little. Just a drop or two. The sort of cut which is temporarily stopped by putting a piece of clean toilet paper or tissue on it until it stops bleeding. Where's the toilet paper when you need it most?

So I wrapped a towel round my head and went downstairs for some breakfast. Nearly fell down the stairs because the towel round my face reduced my vision.

Then I noticed the anomaly ... ... ... that's a nice word. Anomaly. Makes me sound learned when I say it. Anomaly ... it means something that deviates from what is standard. And deviates it certainly did.

I noticed the anomaly when I closed the fridge door and it nearly caught my ear in it. The door just brushed by my ear and I could hear the wind whistle as it swung shut. Reminded me of hearing the wind rush by when my teacher at school used to throw chalk at me for talking in class. He was a good shot. Never actually hit you but aimed the shot close enough to your head for you to notice.

And notice, I did. I looked in the mirror. Yes, the right ear was bigger than the left one. Distinctly so.

I looked in my wife's knitting and sewing bag and found her tape measure. I went back to the bathroom and looking at the mirror I measured and compared each ear.

I heard my wife say, "Have you been at my sewing bag?"

"Yes," I replied, "I just borrowed your tape measure!" (What a stupid thing to say).

"What ARE you measuring?" she asked.

I did not reply. I got dressed and went to the doctor's.

This time I did catch my ear in the car door as I shut it. That really hurt!

The doctor said, "Do you realise that you have come to see me more often than any other patient?"

I said, "Just as well. Otherwise you'd be out of business!"

He measured me ... I was right ... my right ear is a quarter of a centimetre longer than the left one.

The doctor told me not to worry about it. But I do ...

What do you think? Does size matter?

18 comments:

  1. Size is just a number...if you don't like the number then add, subtract, multiply or divide it. But it would still be fibbing and whatever you are measuring will still be what it is 📏📐

    God Bless You Victor 💮

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    1. In my case it is a quarter of a centimetre. Does anyone notice, you think?

      God bless you Jan.

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  2. Can you hear any better with that ear? Maybe you're just a super sensitive guy. :)
    Happy new week to you, Victor. Did you hear me?

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    1. Come to think of it - yes. I do hear better with my right ear, Bill. I can actually hear round corners.

      Wishing you a splendid new week my friend.

      God bless.

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  3. You sure gave us an ear-full today, Victor! Lol!
    Blessings, my friend.

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    1. I know my wife did when she learnt the truth !!!

      God bless always, Martha.

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  4. ROFL about your wife's question! I think if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Personally, I've been avoiding mirrors and counting my blessings for elastic waistbands.

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    1. So glad I made you smile, Mevely. These days of being at home are getting longer and they all blend together as one long week or month.

      God bless you and your family.

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  5. Of course if matters, and I don't appreciate that fat statue reminding me of how much of my birthday cake I ate. Speaking of ears. I have one a slight bit lower than the other and always makes my glasses lopsided. We all have burdens to bear, Victor...haha.

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    1. I'm so glad you sympathise with my big ear, Wanda. I only noticed it the other day. Don't know if I had it all my life ... that is bigger than the other one; not that it just appeared the other day !!!

      God bless.

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  6. Depends on what it is.
    One of my eyes is lower than the other!

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    1. I am told the human body is not symmetrical. I noticed when I only have one shoe on I tend to limp when I walk.

      God bless, Happyone.

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  7. Now you've got me looking at my ears!!!

    But I know that one of my feet is slightly longer than the other one …

    Have a good week Victor

    All the best Jan

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    1. I believe we all have something that is not symmetrical, Jan. Have a wonderful week my friend.

      God bless.

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  8. Must be your dominant ear. Watch it around the car doors, okay?

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    1. It really hurt when I slammed the door shut, Mimi. Dominant or not.

      God bless always.

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  9. I can't tell you how many times when I've gotten new glasses I've had to go through this whole rig-a-ma-roll because one ear is lower than the other so the glasses are crooked on my face. The eyeglass specialist has to keep taking them off, heating them up, stretch them, and put them back on my face. Only to have to do it again and again. Alas, they are straight. Until a week later and I must self-correct all the time. UGH. Now, to your question, Victor. "Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart." 1 Sam. 16:7 I try to live more on the God-side than the man-side. I seem to be successful when it comes to others. Not myself! Pray for me.

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    1. I am praying for you right now, Diane. When we go through difficult times we need to remember that we are all loved by God, individually. Each according to our needs. He created us. And there are no rejects on God's production line.

      God bless.

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