Windows to the Soul

I was in a meeting yesterday with a co-work. I was looking into his face to make sure I understood what he was trying to tell me. As I watched him studiously, I was startled by one blue eye, one brown eye. I quickly looked away, down at my papers, suddenly embarrassed. Then I snapped up to look him in the face again, embarrassed by being embarrassed. How had I missed this. I've only been working here four months now and I haven't had much interaction with this person but I can't believe I never noticed.

Later I told his admin. that I had never notice his eyes before. She was totally unaware of this unusuality in her boss. Now, for the record, she has only been working over there for two months. I asked the payroll person and she said when she noticed she just looked at him and said "Do you really have one blue eye and one brown eye?" Like he was playing a joke on her. Let me just say that he is probably late 50's and as cowboy as they come here in the south. Its unlikely that he is wearing one contact lens for shock value. (This is something Big princess wants to try.)

Why don't people notice other people's eye color? If a person's eyes are the window of his soul, why don't we want to see their soul? Are we afraid of what we might witness in that murky depth?

I once had a doctor(?) at a trade show tell me he could diagnose all ailments by taking a picture of the person's eye. He did a friend's eye and much like a gypsy muttered about this and that. He said something about her fertility. My friend went berserk. "I haven't told anyone that we've been trying to have another baby. Its been months and I'm still not pregnant. How did he know?"

I let him take a picture of my eye. He didn't have much to tell me. "You should have your thyroid gland checked." Whatever! I had this done about a month earlier and everything was fine. But for the record I have the most beautiful eye! It is this most amazing shade of blue and green rings with gray speckles. I asked if I could have the picture (it was an 8x10 glossy and suitable for framing) and he told me if I made an appointment to see him, he'd be happy to give me the picture. Whatever!

I was going to have my eye framed and put it on the living room wall, it was that good.