Day 26: Return Lost Objects
It's pretty much intuitive: you see something that doesn't belong to you and you know someone is missing it. You want to return it to that person. But how? It's a thing of values, and there's an art to the returning of lost objects. Especially in Judaism. There are categories of lost things, proper ways to go about returning lost things, and ways to make sure you're returning the lost items to the right people.
Sadly, today, I didn't have the opportunity to practice this value. Everyone I saw had their stuff, and I didn't see anything missing an owner. It did get me thinking though: humans lose a lot of stuff over the course of their lives, but how much of it do we really miss? In the end, we gain back everything we may have missed. We replace valuables, we earn more money, but in the end it's all just more stuff. I didn't mean to go all Thoreau on you, but it's after midnight and I don't feel like cleaning off my bed. There's too much stuff on my bed...
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