It happens to the best of us. We need to be somewhere in exactly 30 minutes. It takes 25 minutes to get there and we can’t find our keys. We panic. We tear apart the living room. Couch cushions askew. We search our purse. Dump it out. Frantically search the fridge and freezer. Turn pockets inside out. You know the drill. Then we turn our eyes to the key holder on the wall only to find them hanging there, on the wall, where we last put them.
Patience. Sometimes, losing our keys is a lesson in patience. Sometimes, all we had to do is take a deep breath and close our eyes and think about the most logical place they could have been.
Mindfulness. While taking that deep breathe, center yourself in the moment. Forget about the fact that you’re about to be late. If you’re late, you’re late. There is nothing you can do about that.
Control. Things happen that is out of our control. We can’t control every challenge obstacle that occurs in our life. All we can do is breathe and try to work through it.
Now, how does that apply to me. I can easily write about the life lessons we SHOULD be learning from losing our keys, but the truth is I struggle with these life lessons! HA!
It was actually not too long ago, I thought I misplaced my keys. I was ready to leave for work and I was texting my best friend.
Me: “Looking for my car keys” (Super panicked. Looking in my purse for the third time.)
Him: “Look in the freezer.”
Me: “I humored you. Not there.” (Even more panicked. Racing around the house.)
Him: “Leave them in the car? Pants pocket? Jacket? (At my purse looking for a fourth time.)
Me: “Found them. They were in my purse. Where I left them. Just hidden.”
Not once did I just stop, take a deep breath and think about the pocket on the side of the purse. Not once did I think center myself. Not once did I think the situation was out of my control. So, yeah. I’m a work in progress.
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