As I reached to put on a pair of reading glasses, I was surprised to see how many smudges were on the lenses. Hadn’t I just been wearing these, minutes before?

A quick bit of lens-wiping later and the glasses were crystal clear.

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It’s not as easy to check, but our vision can get smudged too. Our worldview. Our perspective.

It happens so gradually, that we might not even notice.

But how can we bring more clarity to what we see in the world?

It starts by recognizing the smudges on our lens.