Since we are in the holiday season as I write this, I was busy the other day looking for my DVD of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. This movie is by far my favorite Christmas movie. Some of the jokes never get old, and it is always good to laugh. But, I could not find it anywhere. I looked at where I thought all of the DVDs were, and after looking several times I still could not find it. However, during this search I stumbled upon something else I had presumed had been lost forever.
A portable DVD player was something I had purchased several years ago, thinking I would use it on a very long flight from LA to Tahiti for our big honeymoon trip. I don’t think it has ever been used, and it got stored away for future use. Except that I could never find the darn thing. Turns out it was in a bag on the same shelf as some of our DVDs that are in a storage bag. How many times had I been in the cabinet and just assumed that bag also had DVDs in it? Good grief. However, as I searched for my DVD it occurred to me that I should look in this bag, and there it was. I was so excited after finding this (right under my nose) after two years that not finding the original item was not such a big deal.
And of course this incident gave me a deeper insight. How many times do we “look” for something only to find something else along the way? Life is like that a lot I think. This incident was another reminder to appreciate and observe not only the outcome but the journey to it.
P.S. – My husband did find the DVD in our basement in a place it usually wouldn’t be kept!