Sunday, November 24, 2013

Ok, ok, I'll stop feeling sorry for myself.

Just when I've worked up a good 'pitty party' for myself  "Oh poor me, I have so much stuff and I don't know how to get rid of it." (see yesterday's blog) God slaps me up side the head with a reality check.  This morning on the news I watched teams of volunteers helping to clear up the devastation left after a tornado which went through a small city near here two weeks ago.  750 volunteers were moving mountains of ruined possessions.  I feel dully chastened.
But then, five minutes later the same news show played a segment about a man who found a gold statue in a dumpster.  It appears to be an Emmy award from the 1950's and the finder is trying to locate the owner so it can be returned.
I had two reactions to this:  1. Nooo, they don't want it back.  They threw it away!
2.  This is a warning to me to never throw away boxes of stuff without checking to see what's inside, although I am absolutely certain there are no gold statues in this house.

No comments:

Post a Comment