A picked up the watch and placed it on my arm. I tightened the strap and the watch no longer felt strange or irritating. I looked a the glass interface again and was pleased to see that the images on the surface had changed with the changing light and that there were new and interesting shapes that swam across the silver surface of the watch. With a strange sense of joy I realized that the word around me was not boring or dull and that watches don't just measure time.

My watch reminded me that there are infinite and ever-changing possibilities in life and that sometimes we...

I was pleased that this ordinary old thing had become more than just another object to me. I also wondered about all the other objects and things that we take for granted and the way that we often ignore the wonder of the world around us. I made a resolution on that day that I would not ignore ordinary things in my world and not see things only in terms of their immediate functional value. My watch could tell time but it was so much more. I could feel its soft subtle smoothness beneath my finger and looked at the glass to see…