Good bye last year, good bye shoes

Nothing is permanent and we cause ourselves to suffer by attachment. I know in my heart of heart this is true and it gives great meaning to the total involvement and appreciation of the NOW. The more I enjoy my meal and pay attention to what I am eating, the better I eat and the more satisfied I am. To enjoy the words of a book in a relished manner, is to appreciation the process and not just, I read the book...and so what. I am good with most of this, but yesterday when I came out to the care and found that someone had been in it and had taken my Moroccan gym bag, hand wash, towel, lock and my sneakers and orthotics...that was suffering.
I had decided to give myself a GOOD pair of workout and walking shoes for my birthday. Last year, prior to the trip, I had gotten new orthotics so I could leave one in my sneakers and the other in my regular shoes. As I sat at Dick’s sports store, I labored over this one or that one and could I be satisfied with the cheaper ones etc. I know that in doing the marathon, the shoe will be a tired wear at the farm shoe.. so spending the money was a big deal... but you only turn 70 once and my feet are so very important. Asics Gel- Kayano 15’s.. 8.5 white and navy medium width on sale for $108 ouch...but I am worth it. They were terrific...I loved them. I put them on and my feet wanted to walk and jump and go.. I was ready for the training and workouts. I put the orthotics in them..and we were a team...
Gone.... and I suffered. I walked about and found the warm up pants and workout pants.. but no bag, no sneakers. I put out an e-mail to the neighbors, but what are the chances except my feet are pretty small,,,nothing and the chance of finding them by someone who knows they are mine...also small. In yesterdays mail, I got my refund from Excellus for my trainer and swim lessons...$198..and I found the same pair at Amazon for $84..and ordered them.
What I got out of this, good neighbor Suzanne called to offer her size 9’s and a lock and suggested I could wear heavy socks...if I wanted to work out and I smile and thought that is worth more than the stuff that someone else thought they needed.