Question: What is one of the most annoying feelings in life? Answer: Looking for and
not finding something you immediately need
Case in point: Scissors
Whenever I wanted to cut something and needed scissors, they’d disappear and I keep
looking for a pair of scissors everywhere in the house! I know we have a few – even one
in every room, but at the exact time that I need one, I can’t find it. I used to get very
frustrated at that moment. This happened repeatedly a few times. My frustration started
piling up and I said enough is enough! I went ahead and ordered about 50 scissors from
Amazon!! Scissors of all sizes and shapes and colors. And I generously sprinkled them
all over the house.
I told myself – heck, wherever my eyes gaze in my house, I need to find a pair of
scissors there.
And lo and behold – I began living in scissors heaven :). Anytime I need to cut
something, all I needed to do was close my eyes and extend my hand and grab a pair of
scissors. I walked around the house beaming from ear to ear.
This went on for a few days. As weeks passed by, slowly the scissors started
disappearing one by one. But I could still find the odd one readily when I needed it. I
started feeling uneasy and mildly irritable. There were times when I couldn’t find a
scissors in one room and I had to go to another room to find it.
And then a few more weeks later, the UNTHINKABLE happened! I needed to cut
something and I COULDN’T FIND A SINGLE PAIR OF DAMN SCISSORS IN THE
ENTIRE HOUSE!!
ALL THE 50+ OF THEM DISAPPEARED!!
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS FATE, I DON’T KNOW. What could I have
possibly done to anger the scissors God, I don’t know. I just gave up at that moment,
and cried my eye balls out like a child!!