I've Lost My Cell Phone

       Cell phones can do almost anything. I am still looking for the app that washes my car, mows my lawn, or gives me the ability to hear people’s thoughts. What? You haven’t wanted the app to hear people’s thoughts? It would make my communication so much better. So many times I think I have said something and realize I only thought it and never said it out loud. Dolphins one up us in that field.

     I remember when cell phones were used only for phone calls. I bought my first cell phone during my freshman year of college. When I was in High School very few people had cell phones. Now kids in elementary school have iPhones. At our life group, a couples one and a half year old knows how to unlock her parents iPhone and scroll for apps. Amazing if you ask me.

           The problem with our cell phones being a computer in our pocket is we now use it for everything. Well, almost everything. I use it for note taking, sending e-mails, sending text messages, making phone calls, running my calendar, playing games, using the Internet, taking pictures, and a plethora of other apps that make life easier or entertaining.

     This is great until you lose your phone. Has this ever happened to you? You set your phone down to do something, move on, and forget that you set down your left side of the brain.

     One day, I am working at my desk talking with a fellow worker. While we’re talking we realize we need to plan a meeting with other people, so I look for my calendar to find a time that works. I live by the calendar on my phone. I couldn’t find my phone anywhere. Not in my pocket, not in my coat pocket, not on my desk, not on the ground. It was not in my chair, thinking it slipped out of my pocket. Walked down to my car, and it was not there either. I even checked other locations that I worked at around the building.

            Suddenly to my dismay, I feel warmth on my face; I am talking to this person on my phone. My calendar has been pressed to my ear for the last 10 minutes of my search.

     At that moment I realize my life, which I thought was simple, was far too complicated.

     I’d like to say that has been the only time I’ve done that, but it’s not.