Run With Scissors : Powerful You! Publishing : 9781735657974 : 1735657972 : 10 Sep 2021 : Perception, especially self-perception, is a funny thing. How do we know if the objects and events we see are actually in focus or simply the blurred fantasies of our imagination? How do we know if our personal lens is calibrated to reality? Are our opinions about ourselves and our expectations for our lives based on our own wisdom or the expectations and opinions of others? As Jane Lump recounts in this memory of her age eleven self: [I was] sitting in the oversized chair in my optometrist's office, surrounded by scary pivoting metal arms full of dials and gauges. As my optometrist gently slid the frames of my very first glasses onto my nose and hooked them carefully over my ears, I let my eyes adjust. I blinked a couple times, and stared at the objects nearby, a bit disappointed that not much had changed. But that perception was quickly altered as I turned my head and focused outside the e