The Simple Pleasure of Blinking
Yes, you read it right! For how long have you been staring at the screen? Do you remember the last time you blinked….consciously? Photo by Author I think you just did! Did you feel how much strain you had put on your eyes, a portion of which was relieved with this simple act? Blink again, because it is the simplest, yet most wonderful of pleasures life offers to us! Because it is one of the few luxuries we can still afford to have free of cost — inexpensive, and always at our disposal. I call it a luxury because, well…look around you — the world is a beautiful, intricate combination of colours! Photo by Rodrigo Curi on Unsplash In a recent Ophthalmology lecture, as we droned through the parts of the eye that create tears — the lacrimal system — I was amazed by how this simple system keeps such important mechanisms in check. Let’s get some facts straight… Photo by TeachMeAnatomy The major lacrimal gland is a small pouch that forms and contains tears. It lies in and around the up