Is it just me? Can you help me answer one of the age-old questions this morning? Why? The final nail that I pound into a piece of wood always splits it. The last remaining screw, into my sheetrock project, always misses its mark and creates an ugly hole. There's always one last piece to the puzzle that's not there at the end. When I'm in a rush, the parking spot is elusive. Sometimes the more I plan and fine tune a project, the less fulfillment is achieved. Why is it that, a lot of times, planning on the fly procures the most satisfaction? What exactly is the allure of the missing piece? Why is it, that on my search for the that most important object I need, I find everything else I've been looking for recently? Is it just me?
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Missing Piece
Is it just me? Can you help me answer one of the age-old questions this morning? Why? The final nail that I pound into a piece of wood always splits it. The last remaining screw, into my sheetrock project, always misses its mark and creates an ugly hole. There's always one last piece to the puzzle that's not there at the end. When I'm in a rush, the parking spot is elusive. Sometimes the more I plan and fine tune a project, the less fulfillment is achieved. Why is it that, a lot of times, planning on the fly procures the most satisfaction? What exactly is the allure of the missing piece? Why is it, that on my search for the that most important object I need, I find everything else I've been looking for recently? Is it just me?
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Hey, I'm right here.
ReplyDeleteNot missing....;-)
Same here! THe hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
ReplyDeleteV
It's not just you, it's a fact of life!
ReplyDeleteYep it is just a thing called 'LIFE'.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your question--why twin lagoon---there are two small ponds that open up to the larger waters of Penn Cove so the owners called it just that--TL. MB
You are not alone!
ReplyDelete☼ Sunny
I think that's the way it always is when you plan. At least thats when I have found. Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have been there many times...
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not just you. One of my psych profs in graduate school often quoted a well-known writer who insisted, rightly, I think, that what is most personal is almost always most universal.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a law about that - named after a guy called Murphy - it seems to haunt me too!
ReplyDeleteAh, the existential Birdman.
ReplyDeleteIt IS just you.
haha.
Just kidding.
Murphy caused it...
ReplyDeleteYes, the bread lands jelly-side down 95% of the time... Hope that your week ahead is the other 5%!
ReplyDeleteBises,
Genie
It's just the way it is....
ReplyDeleteNo it is not just you. It happens to all of us, I would venture to say. Have the photos line up perfect -- the words tumble out just how you wanted them -- go to publish -- Oh, just fix one photo -- and bang your post is zapped with problems. That is what happens many times in my life -- barbara
ReplyDeleteBirdman, I am so sorry to inform you that it IS just you. The previous commenters are just being nice.
ReplyDeleteThese are all corollaries of the oft quoted Murphy's Law, of which there are many. For a nice collection of the same see:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ippt.gov.pl/~vkoval/vk_files/funny/Murphy.pdf
No, we're all there splitting the wood with you! Nice image to match your words.
ReplyDeleteah, the missing piece. it is the thing that gets us out of bed in the morning, it is the point of every quest.
ReplyDeleteMurphy's Law. It's been happening to us too. Otherwise impossible to explain.
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