Day 3 - 172 -- Lost or Found?

It is International Refugee Day -- a time to take note of the many reasons people are forced to leave their homes and homelands. It is the first day of summer -- and we had a very warm day with a cloudless blue sky -- like not even a little wisp of a cloud. While it was Monday, the computer hard drive seems uninfected, though there were a couple quirks last week. Also, I've been searching for my Spanish-English dictionary which is a golden yellow with red and black outlines around titles. I've stared at the book shelves in the office for a week. I've checked in boxes that should not contain this book at home and in my research space. After checking the last of the impossible places, I walked into the office today resigned to purchasing a new copy. As I sighed and looked upwards, my eye caught a book spine that appeared to have the correct words. The spine of this colourful book is pure white <sigh> so I'd overlooked this several times when searching. I found something that had been driving me crazy and it was just two shelves up from where I expected it to be. Go figure.

Losing and finding things can be such an interesting process. Invariably I find things exactly where they should be and right where I'd carefully checked the first time I looked anywhere. Why keys can hide in a purse or book bag even when it seems I've emptied the carry bag, I'll never know. Black insides of bags and searching at night might have something to do with it, but when I think I pull everything out and still the one thing I want remains inside is just silly. Perhaps I'm in a rush or being semi-panicked. I do know that it is frustrating when I find things where I've already looked. <smile>. Happy to find them, but frustrating nonetheless.

So while there are large things to ponder today, I've chosen to write about something less huge, but likely familiar to everyone. A song that seems to fit this self-assessment is shared here today. It also could represent the situation of the many refugees globally.  The Canadian singer has a distinctive voice and great ability to add emotion to a song. (excuse the spelling of the artist's name on this video -- the sound quality is good, though) Enjoy!

We Found What We Were Looking For -- Bryan Adams