January 23, 2011- Lost Keys

     Today, while my boyfriend was so graciously preparing us a late lunch/early dinner, we received a call from a friend who had lost her keys while snorkeling in one of the "Japanese pools" near the end of the runway.  These pools are rectangle size holes in the solid coral where it was blasted out to connect the islands of Roi and Namur together during WWII when the Japanese had taken over and established their command center here.  It's a great place to snorkel during low tide because often sharks and other large sea creatures become trapped there until the tide rises again, and they can swim back into the open ocean. At any rate, my boyfriend agreed to help them look for the lost keys by diving in the murky water, and completing a planned search pattern of the entire areas.  Unfortunately, he was unable to locate them, but he had a good time trying.  That's the key to navigating through life peacefully and successfully in my mind, taking the "lost key" events and making adventures out of them.  Yes, it will cause a bit of trouble for my friend to resolve issues related to the lost keys if she is not able to find them upon a second look tomorrow, but that's part of life too, isn't it? Learning how to deal with its disappointments and finding ways to more forward despite them.  We all make mistakes, and we all have to deal with the consequences of those mistakes in one way or another, but if we can find the "silver lining" through those dark, stormy days, we will find ourselves all the more well adjusted and able to handle the next storm cloud that descends upon us, whatever it is. My friend said, as we waited for my boyfriend to emerge from his dive in the pool, "I planned this all just for you, so you could get out and enjoy diving and the challenge of finding my keys."  I thought that was a great way to look at it, and my boyfriend and I truly did enjoy the time spent looking for the keys today. Although he was disappointed to not be able to find them for her, he absolutely enjoyed every minute in the water, and I enjoyed getting to know my friend better while we chatted the afternoon away!