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Written by Erin Frustaci - View Profile
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
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Call it a brain fart, a mental glitch or an airhead moment. Call it what you will, but we all do stupid things.
The worst are the stupid things that completely blindside you— the kind that seem monumental at the time.
I wish I could say I am a rare exception, but I probably have more of these mental glitches than most people. Just the other day, my heart sank and I thought I was going to have a panic attack.
My purse was nowhere near my desk. I rushed to my car. No luck. I knew instantly I had left it behind at the coffee shop earlier that morning.
I sped over and jogged to the door, all the while my anxiety continued to build. As I frantically approached the counter, I discovered how lucky I was. It had been found and was being kept safely in the back room. Everything was still in tact. Checkbook, credit cards driver license, lip gloss, gum and loose change— all there.
I thanked the employees over and over before leaving. It wasn't until the drive back to the office that I started thinking logically.
OK, so the worst thing that could have happened is it would have been gone. I'd have to cancel my credit cards and get a new driver's license. My overly priced purse and Starbucks gift cards would be gone. As sad as that would be, it was all materialistic objects I could do without.
I realized how stupid I was being, not because I left the purse, but because of how I reacted. Just that morning I read in the paper about the two high school boys from Berthoud who lost their legs in an accident and how 200 or more residents were left homeless after an apartment fire in Colorado Springs. And there I was, worried about a purse.
No matter how hard we try not to, sometimes we do sweat the small stuff. And when we do, we need to stop and put things back into perspective. Then, chalk it up to a brain fart.
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