Someone said... "Wallets are a lot like girls.
You really have to take good care of, because
if you won't, something might happen"...

I know what he means. I just lost a wallet, and
I just lost a girl.
You know, it's the exact same thing.
One day, you just realize it's gone.
You try to look for it everywhere, even going
back to the places where you could have lost
it.
You think, and you think hard, only to come
upon a grim realization: it's really gone.
Of course, you can hold on to some hope.
After all, there have been some very, very lucky
(blessed?) people who get it back.

Perhaps you could become one of those
people.
You sit home and you hope that someone
would call, and that you would get it back.
But then, some time passes, and you realize
that it's still gone, and you realize that it's time
to let go.
The first few days, you turn to your friends for
support.
Some tell you you'll be ok, some tell you that it
was your fault
and that you should have been more careful,
and some tell you about their own
experiences.
They give you all sorts of advice, none you
haven't heard before.

You then go out to find a new wallet, only to
realize that you don't really want a new one.
You want the old one that you lost.
No, you don't want all these better-looking
wallets, you want yours,
because of how comfortable it is, because of
all the cards and pictures and other stuff in it.
You go out and carry on without a wallet,
keeping your money in your pocket instead.
You throw away stuff that you would have held
on to if you had your old wallet.
And then, finally, you find a new wallet you like
and settle in.
You then start filling your new wallet, little by
little.
It still doesn't feel as comfortable as the old
one, but it's getting there.

Then you start putting in cards and pictures
and other important stuff in the wallet.
Soon enough, there's as much stuff in your
new wallet as the old one.
And then, after some time, you feel as
comfortable with your new wallet.
And then you realize that you've almost
forgotten you ever had your old wallet.
Sure, you still remember most of the stuff you
lost on that wallet.
But then again, you don't remember the
feeling of hurt that you felt when you lost it.

That's because that wallet you lost is no
longer your wallet.
You're no longer holding on.
This new wallet you're holding, it has all the
important cards and pictures and stuff that
you need.
This is your wallet.
And this time, you tell yourself, you're never
losing this one.