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This afternoon I read Bonnie Hale’s blog. Bonnie, who I knew in Redlands, CA, and her husband now live in Grapevine, Texas and she offers a lost cat/dog finding service, with the help of Murphy, her sniffer dog par excellence. Her blog entry told the tale of Murphy’s recent success in finding Maggie, a lost Dalmation, to the jubilation of Maggie’s distraught owner.

A month or so ago, I lost a single sterling and brass earring I had made, in the parking lot or where I had parked along the beach, but I never found it. For me it wasn't a total loss because I always mix up what earrings I wear in the four different holes in my head, I mean, in my ears. Susan, too, lost a gold hoop earring and sent out e-mail to everyone in our office to be on the look out for it. She’s more conservative than am I, so the loss of her one earring keeps her from using the remaining one. Gerry, another one of the Realtors in our office, has metal detecting equipment and maybe he can find both earrings. If he does find them, he would also find he was Susan’s and my hero!

I lost about 10 pounds and was able to get back into a favorite pair of jeans, but this week I found the 10 pounds and can no longer fit into the jeans.

I thought I had lost a friend, but then found he wasn’t yet ready to be lost.

When I stop and really think about it, there are so many instances of lost-n-found in my life: opportunities lost and new ones found, material things I’ve lost or had to relinquish only to find that I was better off without them, trust that was lost but finding means by which to re-establish or re-build mutual trust and respect, losing a sale but finding myself better equipped to succeed the next time, love lost making way for new love to be found, losing a game of Scrabble but finding a heightened degree of enjoyment of the game, losing a bad habit and finding more time, losing myself in a project and finding it was not that special after all in life's grand scheme.

This coming week I hope you lose something, and then find something more valuable or something that makes you happier or better off or find something that makes you feel better about yourself!

To read more about Murphy and Bonnie Hale: www.bonniehale.blogspot.com or www.lostpetspecialist.com