Losing Things

Well, I'm a fairly clumsy person to be honest. I'm not necessarily as accident prone as I used to be, but I'm still very much vulnerable to making mistakes, being a bit stupid, or misplacing things. For example, for some reason I seem to have some insatiable desire to unwillingly lose my mobile phone all the time. It truly baffles me. If I could have a quid for every time I've 'lost' something, and then found it in one of the most obvious of obvious places mere moments later, I'd probably never need a job to keep me going. USUALLY though, we find whatever it is we're looking for in the end, even if it has been left in the most curious and thought provoking of places. According to my mum, if I've lost something inside the house, then it in fact isn't lost. It's just been misplaced. Perhaps, but to me, the definition of lost is to not know where the hell the object is. Meh, we all have different perceptions of things. It's not only objects that we can lose too though. Friendships, relationships, people themselves, common sense, enthusiasm, calmness, concentration, health, and many other things too can be lost, in their own way. In this list, the loss of one thing can lead to the loss of another. The loss of health may lead to the loss of a loved one. The loss of common sense, calmness or even enthusiasm can lead to the loss of friendships and relationships. The loss of concentration can lead to the loss of objects and items. It's interesting...quite often, it's only when these things are gone from your life (be it permanently or temporarily) that you realise just how crucially important they are to you, and how difficult it can be at times to cope without them. If you're lucky, you'll at some point get what you lost back, and more likely than not you'll from that point onwards be more careful in general, and more critically aware of just how important that thing can be to you personally. I'm not entirely sure why I've chosen to write about this, of all the topics. I suppose it feels kind of relevant to me right now. One thing's for sure, on many occasions during our (long, painful, depressing) lives, it will most definitely be relevant. Loss of many forms happens all the time, and I suppose we've got to just deal with it in the right way, or earn what we lost back. I can guarantee you that when what slips away from you really matters to you, even if it can't return, you'll always be wanting and trying to get it back. Funnily enough...my mobile is pretty important to me, and you'll never guess where it is...because I don't know. (If I could pull the 'XD' face in real life, I would LOVE to right now)