Rose Tinted Glasses

I heard this phrase used yesterday and I wondered if anyone has ever actually worn rose tinted glasses. It would create a rather dull and unifom effect I would have thought.

There are those who tend to view friends and loved ones through the proverbial rose tinted glasses but I wonder how long that effect really lasts in most cases. If the person concerned has multiple personal failings I would have thought that anyone having to deal with such problems up close and personal, would soon have their illusions stripped from them. There are of course othyers, who know the bitter truth but deny reality. They have as serious a problem as the people they are involved with.

Leaving aside those who have dependecy problems, all of us probably need people who are prepared to see the better side of us even if we cannot see it ourselves always. Its better by far to have such people around us then those who criticise at every opportunity or, equally as bad, take our good points for granted. Some of those who appear to be wearing rose tinted glasses may just be wearing the ones with the stronger lenses that can see where the good points in us considerably outweigh the bad.