10/24/2007

Last night my wife and I went out to dinner. After we thoroughly indulged ourselves, I paid with credit card and headed for a gas station to fuel up. I went to pump the gas and reached in for my wallet, which to my horror wasn’t there. I panicked and began thrashing around attempting to find the missing wallet. I jumped back in the car returning to the restaurant bolting into the eatery asking whether anyone had reported a found my billfold. No was the response from the busboy and our waitress as was from the manager.
Back to the gas station we drove again, our attempts were met with no success. We again got back in the car to return to the restaurant only to meet with the same result. We returned home where I called the bank as well as the credit card companies to report lost or stolen cards. I went to sleep feeling violated and foolish for having my wallet stolen. In the early morning I dreamed that I was driving a friend’s new electric car. I was not allowed to drive so I sat in the back of the vehicle. I looked in the back of the passenger’s seat and discovered my wallet. When I awoke I remembered that we had recently purchased a new Prius which supplements the gas powered engine with electrical power. I told my wife about the dream and she went directly to the car and found the missing wallet. I then realized that in the state of my panic, I was incapable of thinking clearly, I literally couldn’t see the missing object right in front of my very eyes! For me this became an example to remember when I feel stressed out, relax, take a deep breath, slow everything down and then proceed with the task at hand.

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