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October 2009 
letting go.
Posted on Aug 19th, 2007
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Siona
Siona
Well.
I had a trying Sunday.
My purse was stolen this morning.
It was a small black bag, but it held everything: my cell phone (the only personal number I have; it's been years since I've had a landline), my work phone, my car keys, my house keys, and my wallet with my credit cards and school ID and drivers license. I feel embarrassingly scammed; I'd been out running errands and an older woman had stopped me to ask about my shoes. My bag was resting behind me on the counter and, while I was distracted with the woman, her accomplice grabbed it up and slid out of the store. As soon as she got past the door the two of them ran off together.
I was left with no money, no means of contacting anyone (it's embarrassing, too, how dependent I am on my phone to keep track of numbers), and no way of getting home--not to mention no way of getting inside even if I were to make it back. And all I could do was laugh about how a naive little slip like that can have such repercussions; I'd been somebody, with proof of my identity and cash in my hand, and suddenly, all this was gone. It was strange being out alone in what's still a new city, with absolutely nothing on me.
People, though, can be so kind.
I'd like to give a huge thank you to a few sweet souls in the SF police department who took me home, the girl at the local health food store who comped me dinner, the neighbors who helped me in calling a locksmith, and a few friendly strangers who gave me hugs.
I'm home now, and inside, working on taking care of those little logistics of canceling numbers and gathering new ones. I'm happy to be here. Needless to say, though, it's been a long, long day.
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virtual hug coming your way. sigh. today you’ve totally been affected by the kindness and nastiness of strangers – and you decided to be thankful at the end of it. that’s one of the things I like about you.
I’m happy you are home safe and blogging.
and I can completely relate to your entire blog. thank you for sharing it. I love reading your writing on any subject.
more vitual hugs. it can be very frustrating trying to 'undo' what's been done to you.
at least they can't steal your endless list of friends at zaadz! best of luck.
tom
Dawn; Tom. Thank you both so much. I'm happy to be home, too. Dawn? I relate as much to your words (funny; I typo-ed that as worlds, which I sort of like better). And Tom? Beautiful point. Thank goodness I didn't carry my Zaadz login info in my wallet. :)
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michael
I'm with Dawn - I love reading anything you write, and I love your generous take on a trying day.
What a great reminder for me to back up all the info in my cell phone and wallet! I'm going to do that today.
And the phone thing - I rely on mine too to keep track, but just recently got a new phone and I've been trying to actually dial the important numbers now, instead of assigning everything to speed dial, so that if I ever am without my phone I can actually reach someone. It doesn't work well to just press 3 on the pay phone…
So glad you're safe, Siona..
Big Hug
Ugh experience! Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers. There are always more great people, which this example shows. Blessings to you, Moni
Virtual Hug.
moral of the story: don't trust old women :)
kidding. just trying to make you smile. i know it's a bummer but you're handling it very well. thanks for the reminder. here's a virtual group hug for you.
~C
…hugs and love…
…why can't people all be enlightened ?…
Oh Siona, I'm so sorry to hear about this as I was pickpocketed in Guatemala &
lost something valuable to me. I know how violated you feel.
but as J.K. said;
SO GLAD YOU ARE SAFE!
Sending Love & a BIG HUG XOXO
… ~C4, you're bad! LOL!
You're safe and that's what really matters. I'm reminded of a similar story I heard. A guy saw that one of his tires was busted and when he crouched down to check it out someone, who had actually slit it, napped his wallet from his back pocket, ran and disappeared. That guy is an high degree Aikido teacher and he was angry to himself the whole day. This can happen to the best of us.
I think all your good thoughts contributed to a minor miracle, so take that thank you above and multiply it by a thousand. I feel insanely blessed.
Thank you so much for seeing both the dark and bright sides of the day, and being grateful! That's so generous of you.
Hugs,
Kundan
Goodnight, I hope everything gets straightened out. All I can say is call your bank and credit card companies. :/ Maybe you'll get lucky and they'll be caught on camera trying to use the dead cards and they'll get caught?
orchestrated planned stealing..makes you wonder why…..this i learned from a poor vendor in mumbai….one day i saw a young school boy stealing a guava off his cart when he was attending to another customer…i alerted him and said look there he goes …..he has stolen one of your guavas…..and he was not perturbed …all he said was i have only lost a guava…..but he has added to his karma stealing from me…..i always remember that when i am cheated by a stranger….i always feel when something bad happens we are meant to learn something from it ….but in yr case just being yr lovely self and not harming anyone…i fail to see what lesson there possibly is to learn from just trusting the world
<HUG>
Siona dear. Thanks for sharing your adventure… it could have cast a shadown on your heart and spirit, and instead, once again, you continue to shine so brightly! Your generosity, openness, love is so precious and I am sorry that two misguided and hungry ghosts took from you…. then again, perhaps it was your abundance that they so wanted (and continue to err in the way to it :-)
And through you and your experience, I will be all the wiser! (ie. mindful and prepared)
In joy, ~ Stacy
ps. I let the “shadown” typo remain (during proof reading) as I liked the imagery of it :-)
Warm hugs, Siona!
Thank you for sharing and showing us the golden nuggets of wisdom from your experience. It led me to remember once long ago when something similar happened to me in Paris in the airport phone booth. In this instance nobody distracted me but I guess my overexcitement as a young traveller (my first) made me forget to pick up my purse from the top of the phone. I did remember after two minutes but that was too late. I was just starting on my journey after an official workshop and all my TCs and loose change gone like a bubble. I didn't laugh it off, I cried. But after some moments I let go and calmed down, called my Mom in the US about my misfortune and she advised me not to worry and gave me a phone number of a close family friend in The Hague. Fortunately I left a few cash in my luggage at the hotel and had a prepaid Eurail pass so I realized it wasn't the end of the world. And my unplanned journey turned out to be a wonderful adventure.
SIONA! MY DARLING!!
I'm sorry for your loss…
Oddly enough I find alittle planning can help me to stay present.
O well without enemies we could not be enlightened ;)