i found out a few months ago, that while i've been diagnosed with myopia (near-sight) for years. my left eye has deteriorated to the point of where i am legally blind my right eye is working itself tired trying to cope. while some of my irl friends have known this for months what i haven't told anyone is that the estimate the doctors gave me was a few years (about 10) before i can't see anything at all. i have never taken government assistance and i hope i never will but i can't get a job even now because of my eyes and if they end up being completely useless. i don't see any other choices. i love furries and i love being in the fandom, i love it for the colors, the sights, the sounds, the art the stories, and the community, but i dread the day i wake up and find that i can't enjoy the sunlight beaming down on me. that i can't see the green of the grass below my feet that i never will see the deep blue of the ocean or that i never again will enjoy the limitless expanse of the sky overhead all because i won't be able to see it. so if some of my fur-friends want to get their panties in a wad over some petty bs that someone said to them. get over it make up and enjoy life, take it in for all it's worth, and never let yourself get distracted from even the little things, after all they make the big picture possible.