More Love for My Loupe

Two Tools That Help Me See

I used to think that little things didn’t bother people as they got older because they had matured.  They had learned to ignore the small stuff and focus on bigger issues.  Now that I am older, I know better.  Older people aren’t ignoring the small stuff.  They just can’t SEE the small stuff.  Such was the case with me and a splinter I got in my finger the other day.  I couldn’t see it, but every time I touched something with that finger, the splinter would painfully make itself known.  Fortunately, I had invested in something years ago that would now help my older eyes deal with splinters.

Years ago, when I was a young guy, I bought a jeweler’s loupe at a surplus tool store.  It looked like something that might be useful some day.  It looked like something that every person ought to have.  So I bought it.  Now, 30 years later, I use it all the time. It’s one of the best investments I ever made.  It helps me see things I just can’t see on my own. The older I get, the more I rely on it.  And by the way, the same is true for my Bible.