Lesson Learned

Have you ever had someone ask to borrow something from you, and after you trusted them with it, they didn't give it back?

For whatever reason, I let someone who I thought was a "friend" borrow my camera. True, he hadn't really done a lot to create a substantial "friendship", so I should have known better...but I let him borrow it anyway. I fully trusted that he would return it, just as he said he would.

He didn't. And, I take full responsibility for my part.

I panicked. I threatened him. I panicked again. I bugged him. I tried to set up a meeting to get it back. I bugged him some more. And, then he left town. For good. I felt very, very sad and very, very stupid for having let him borrow it in the first place. I got very, very angry. And, then I decided it's just a thing. It's not life or death. It's just a thing. But, I worked hard for that thing. And, it was mine.

I have no idea whether he lost it, broke it, if it was stolen from him, or if he's a thief.

It doesn't really matter, at this point. I have to get another camera. But, I want to get over it for good. I thought I'd better talk about it, so I can take that extra step of forgiving and forgetting.