Morning Walk

Emery and I were out early this morning for our daily walk.  I suggested we take a different road than we normally take,  and as we rounded the corner, we discovered someones personal papers strewn all across the road.  Credit cards, drivers license, pay stubs, bank information, etc.   We quickly gathered them all up and walked down to the police station to turn them in.  Happy to have found them for someone, but hard to figure out what had happened.   When we got home after our 2.5 mile walk, Emery noticed that someone had broken into his car and gone through the glove box.  Papers were all over the front seat.  We don't keep much in our cars, just the papers needed by law, but still it was strange.  I checked my car and discovered they had broken into my car too.  Papers on the floor, but in my case, they stole all my CD's, our sunglasses, and the phone charger.   We called the police to make a report and discovered the things we found on the road that morning had also been taken from a car just a few doors down from us.  As sad as I am about loosing my favorite CD's, there is something very different in how I see this now, compared to how I would have viewed things a few years ago.  Its just stuff.  I am not mad or upset at whoever did this, that is there thing to deal with.  Their Karma.  Only deeply troubled people steal.  I feel compassion for them, sympathy.  CD's and sunglasses are things, stuff.    I will miss my sunglasses on sunny days until they are replaced, and miss some music but my life is not changed because I lost my CD collection.