WORLD SIGHT DAY – Thursday 9 October 2025
The Importance of Eye Care
Dear World
A reminder of a few global statistics to wake us up.
For more read our article about Eyes – click link
https://simplelivingglobal.com/eyes/
Annual Global Productivity Loss from Vision Impairment
$411 BILLION
2020
143 MILLION of the working age population are living with Moderate or Severe Vision Impairment.
Millions of Workers cannot see clearly.
Millions are forced to leave the workforce early. (1)
6.3 MILLION years of School lost globally to un–addressed Child Eye Health.
450 MILLION Children have a sight condition that requires Treatment.
Children that do not get glasses they need.
Learn ½ as much as their classmates.
78% boost in lifetime earnings when there has been early intervention to correct a child’s vision. (2)
The Importance of Eye Care is the Focus for World Sight Day.
On that note, what if we started to take care of ourselves in every area of life and then it would be a natural extension to take care of our eyes.
What if just a moment in our day to stop and breathe and gently close our eyes as a gesture to connect back to our heart could support our Well-Being in more ways than we realise?
It is well worth reading and applying the practical guidance presented in our article titled Closing Our Eyes.
If we do this Consistently a few times a day then it becomes our new normal and the benefits will be felt as it is taking care of our eyes which have a super important job to do for us.
Our Focus can then extend to the glasses we wear and it is our responsibility to ensure we get them checked regularly, so our prescription is supporting our eyes and not making them deteriorate. Wearing the wrong glasses is not the answer and there can be no Excuses to Delay a visit to the opticians.
The Importance of Cleaning our Glasses
Glasses, spectacles, sunnies, goggles, specs – all the same thing
Questions –
How are ypu taking care of your glasses?
How important are your glasses to you?
What condition are your glasses in?
Do you keep losing your glasses?
Do you have more than one pair?
Do you have a case to rest them in?
Is the case the right size to fit them?
Do you leave them anywhere with no regard?
Do you leave them on your head and forget?
Do you wear them with a string or chain around the neck?
Have you ever Lost or forgotten where you put your glasses?
How often do you clean your glasses?
Who is interested in doing this task?
Who can be bothered if we are Honest?
Do you appreciate your glasses like they are precious?
Do you have a cleaning ritual for your glasses?
Here is a super Simple way that we can bring into our day, if we have glasses.
Make a point of cleaning them everyday
Trot down to the spectacle shop – buy few cloths and spray
Get a string if you feel it would support you to keep them close
Ask for a glasses case if you do not have one
Make sure you place a spare cloth in your glasses case
Whilst you are in the shop – check your prescription is up to date
If not, make it a Priority to get your eyes tested – Super Important
Next –
Cleaning our Glasses is a very practical guide and the following is taken from the Simple Living Global – Back to Basics Program
Choose a time where you have a moment to Stop and pause
Have your spray and soft cloth next to you
Sit down – take the time to Gently open the case
Hold the glasses without touching the lens
Be aware of how you hold them – use your fingertips
Best place is the bridge bit for the nose
Use your thumb and finger for holding
Be delicate and tender with this process
Focus on the task in hand and nothing else
Use spray and squirt one lens on both sides
Use the cloth and wipe with anti-clockwise motion
Move to another part of the cloth that is dry
Continue wiping super Gently and with care
Say in your mind as you do this job –
“It is my intention to clean these glasses to support me to see and receive Truth”
Repeat with the other lens taking the same deep care
If they are mega dirty, then do both sides again
At the end, wipe the nose bit and the frame all over
Leave the cloth out to dry – hang it over the spray bottle
Make sure the lenses are not touched
Check them out and see and feel the difference
Sparkly clean means things will be seen with more clarity
This means a new sharper Focus going forward
When not in use – store them in their home
Clean out the home – the case they live in
This is just as important
Make sure cloths are washed and rinsed regular
Imagine doing this Simple task everyday just to support you
If there are multiple glasses to clean – set aside some space
Do it on a day off and enjoy knowing this will support you
What an incredible basic gift
Out and about or at work – no spray
No problemo – just breathe gently on each lens then wipe away
Use the spare cloth you carry in your case
Job done and fresh clean glasses every day
Now others get to really truly see your eyes
If your eyes could speak they would say THANK YOU
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References
(1) (n.d). Love Your Eyes. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. Retrieved October 7, 2025 from
https://www.iapb.world/love_your_eyes_at_work
(2) (n.d). Love Your Eyes Kids. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. Retrieved October 7, 2025 from
https://www.iapb.world/love_your_eyes_kids