Found!!

Has anyone ever lost anything precious? 

   In your own home?

     Where there could not, 

       should not have been anyone

   To find it, 

     hide it or 

       accidentally throw it away?

I’m sure not……..

I realized such a loss about three weeks ago,

A precious gift given at Christmas time

It was devastating!

Unbeknownst to me, the treasure had actually ‘disappeared’ almost four weeks ago.

In the intervening time I had

   Panicked

     Certain I had thrown it out with any garbage or recycling.

       Put it in a very safe place without a memo

My mind spun like a child’s spinning top gone rogue

After the first few days I stopped actively searching

But whenever I’ve been 

    putting things away, 

       reorganizing things, 

          decluttering things

I’ve kept a sharp eye out for my lost treasure while

    considering a prayer to Saint Anthony - the saint of lost things.

     this morning using the magic Summoning Charm - Accio - from Harry Potter

I’ve learned that there comes a time 

   to let go of the panic of instant loss

    to let go of shame and embarrassment

     to keep up a search for any treasure

       to simplify and yet widen the search

         to realize that the world will not cave in

This morning, I found my treasure ~

hidden with some Christmas clutter 

waiting very patiently for me to tidy.

Why, at 6 a.m., was I decluttering?

Was the treasure's reappearance due to

    St. Anthony or 

     the Summoning Charm

       or just because?

“I have just three things to teach: 

simplicity, patience, compassion. 

These three are your greatest treasures.” 

~ Lao Tzu