So, the time came this week to drain my beloved waterbed to make room for my new bed. I needed a waterbed pump to make that happen and I've bought six or seven of these things over the years so I was sure I still had a couple lying around. I opened the junk drawer in my kitchen and found several of them, with the exception of one small piece--an adaptor that goes on the faucet. I searched and searched and couldn't find that one piece.
It was blue. That much I knew. I checked my tool box, which should probably be in quotes because I don't really own that many tools and my tool box looks more like a lunch box than a tool box, but that's a story for another day. I eventually gave up trying to find the blue adapter and I called a furniture store I've purchased several other waterbed pumps from in the past and the sales associate who answered the phone said that they don't carry them any longer.
Wow, I really am out of date.
So, that led to more searching. I looked in my toolbox again and there it was. Except it was white. It wasn't blue like I remembered. I attached it to the faucet (where it still remains because it's stuck) and drained my waterbed. But it really made me think about perspective. I missed what I was looking for because it didn't look like I thought it should. How often do I do that in everyday life? How often do you do it?