February 9, 2015

Lost and (not) Found

Why is it that you just can't seem to find something when you need it?  That favorite pair of gloves, or the right scarf, or the lucky pair of earrings that you always wear for special occasions.  It always seems that when you need something it is frustratingly just out of reach somewhere in the netherlands?

Maybe it's just me, but why does this always seem to happen when the time is least appropriate?  Again and again, just as I've tucked something away for safe keeping, with the firm conviction that some day, some way it will be needed, when need arises.  And when that day arrives, when going in search of said object, I come up empty handed and confounded.  It's just  not where I last left it.  All I can do is shake my head. And of course return to last known location repeatedly in hopes that somehow the desired object will have re-appeared.

I've got a theory, of course, as to why this phenomenon occurs time after time in my life.   Perhaps if you suffer the same enigma, it may bring you solace to know that such desired objects, having felt the sting of rejection and relegation to dark and dusty corners of one's closets, do indeed hide themselves and dodge detection of the seeker and make themselves known at the opportune moment?

This, of course, explains why when the seeker searches for an item can repeatedly overlook its hiding place.  And why, after a second, third and fourth time of looking in that same spot, the desired object will appear.  

Of course there are other explanations, but I tend to believe that there are forces beyond my control playing tricks on me at times.  Yes, that's my story and I guess I'll stick to it.  

Now, if I could only find that new recipe.....I just know wrote it down and left it somewhere.  Know what?  I'll bet it turns up when I least expect it.