Psychologists say that losing something is more worrisome and depressing than the happiness we feel when we earn or find something of equal price or value. This was something I just read but realised every bit of it when I lost a book that I received as a gift from a dear friend of mine. I will share this story with you.
The book I lost was titled "Complete Collection Of Fyodor Dostoevsky". I was travelling to Portugal after completing my first year at the university a few months ago and met a school friend who moved to Portugal with her family many years ago. I spent some of the best vacation time in my life there, and just before the day I planned to return to my homeland, my friend - Emily, bought me a rare collection of this book. She told me that it was a gift for my upcoming birthday, which was three months later. And not to mention, it was a precious gift and I liked her idea of selecting this book for me.
I was quite amazed by her generous gift idea and thanked her profoundly for such a thoughtful gift item. I kept the book in my handbag and my sole intention to keep it in my handbag was to read it on my return journey. I must have been very careless not to look after it properly, and I believe I dropped it somewhere at the airport. To my wildest horror, when I searched for the book in my bag, I could not find it anywhere. I rummaged my bag and it was nowhere! It was such a sad moment!
The book was a gift from a dear friend and she spent a considerable amount of money to buy me one of the rarest editions of this book. It was quite an important gift to me and losing it was a depressing experience, to say the least.
I could do virtually nothing to retrieve the lost book as I was not sure where I had dropped it. I might have dropped it inside the taxi that I took to reach the airport, or at one of the coffee shops or somewhere at the airport. So, apart from sending an email to the airport, I had very few options
Psychologists say that losing something is more worrisome and depressing than the happiness we feel when we earn or find something of equal price or value. This was something I
just
read
but
realised
every bit of it when I lost a
book
that I received as a
gift
from a dear
friend
of mine. I will share this story with you.
The
book
I lost
was titled
"
Complete Collection Of
Fyodor
Dostoevsky
"
. I was travelling to Portugal after completing my
first
year at the university a few months ago and met a school
friend
who
moved
to Portugal with her family
many
years ago. I spent
some
of the best vacation time in my life there, and
just
before
the day I planned to return to my homeland, my
friend
-
Emily,
bought
me a rare collection of this
book
. She
told
me that it was a
gift
for my upcoming birthday, which was three months later. And not to mention, it was a precious
gift
and I liked her
idea
of selecting this
book
for me.
I was quite amazed by her generous
gift
idea
and thanked her
profoundly
for such a thoughtful
gift
item. I
kept
the
book
in my handbag and my sole intention to
keep
it in my handbag was to read it on my return journey.
I
must
have been
very
careless not to look after it
properly
, and I believe I dropped it somewhere at the
airport
. To my wildest horror, when I searched for the
book
in my bag, I could not find it anywhere. I rummaged my bag and it was nowhere! It was such a sad moment!
The
book
was a
gift
from a dear
friend and
she spent a considerable amount of money to
buy
me one of the rarest editions of this
book
. It was quite an
important
gift
to me and losing it was a depressing experience, to say the least.
I could do
virtually
nothing to retrieve the lost
book
as I was not sure where I had dropped it. I might have dropped it inside the taxi that I took to reach the
airport
, or at one of the coffee shops or somewhere at the
airport
.
So
, apart from sending an email to the
airport
, I had
very
few options