The Missing Camera
Camping trips to the Kerrville Folk Festival often included a trip to the nearby Medina River. Middle-aged Flower Children congregated there to enjoy the refreshing clear water and surrounding beauty of the Texas Hill Country. We always brought snacks, towels, water and because I love to document the fun I am having in my life with pictures, I always took my camera. My boys and friends and I had spent a great afternoon at the river and returned to the campsite at the Kerrville Folk Festival grounds. As I unpacked from the trip to the river, I realized that my camera was missing. I realized that I must have left it on the banks of the river.
One of my friends who had been raised in a rough environment immediately went to the negative and affirmed, “Your camera has been stolen. You will never get it back.” I chose not to believe that.
The next day, we went back to the river and the camera was nowhere to be found. While I didn’t have an attachment to the camera, the pictures in the camera were priceless to me. I persevered. I went to the lost and found at the Kerrville Folk Festival campgrounds. The attendant said that no camera had been turned in.
For the next 2 days, I kept seeing myself joyously holding my camera, and saw myself being elated that my pictures were safe and sound. I made another trip to the lost and found. No camera.
On the last day of the trip, the van was loaded and we were driving off the Folk Festival campgrounds. I asked my friend to stop. I was going to go to the lost and found one last time.
I went into the little building where the lost and found was located. I inquired about a camera being turned in. Nancy Lee, the owner of the ranch said that no camera had been turned in. Determined, I described the case that the camera was in. Nancy Lee’s eyes lit up and she exclaimed, “Oh we have it here! It was here the first day you came. I just didn’t know that there was a camera inside the case!”
I proudly walked back to the van. My negative friend could hardly believe what he saw. The camera had not been stolen. It had lovingly been turned into the lost and found. My determination and belief that the camera’s return was possible created my idea to describe in detail what the camera case looked like. What a wonderful success! I was glad that my sons got to witness the successful results of my believing and my determination!
We are all in a tug of war between the good, the positive, the Truth, a good life and the old teachings, the old way of life of limitation and struggle.
“A little believing goes a long way!” Michael Phelps, Olympic gold medal winner.
May determination spark you to have all that you desire in your life!
