Life is like a box of ... Socks?

A few weeks ago, I went to Dollar General with my youngest to get him some cheap earbuds. I don't know how they do it, but both boys run through earbuds amazingly fast. While I was there, I bought a plastic bin ($4) to keep unmatched socks in. Everyone has this problem with socks, right? We'll wash clothes, and end up with 6.5 pairs of socks. I don't know how this happens, because we always wear two at a time, but they never make it into the same wash load together. So they end up staying on the couch after the laundry is folded, waiting to be matched in the next load. Except it never fails - not every sock gets matched up. They sit on the couch for weeks at a time (unless we have company over, and they get hidden), in vain. Occasionally, I'll throw them bak in a random load in the hopes that they'll find their mate, but they always return to the sad little pile on the couch. So I got the box, in the hopes it would make matching easier. (or make the pile easier to hide when company comes over...). This morning, while getting dressed, I needed a pair of socks. Rather than look in my drawer,I went to the sox box. (I just made that name up, but I like it!). And after a bit of searching found a matching pair. And it occurred to me that this Sox Box is a metaphor for my life at times. There's always a place to find something that you need. You just have to know where to look, and how to keep it organized so you can find it. We have Sox Box for family and friends - that person you can always go to for a shoulder to lean on. For work - solving a complicated problem or achieving a goal can be found in your "box" of skills/talents. Taking a day to treat yourself is a "Self Box.". And the proverbial box of chocolates has no equal. Where is your Sox Box, and what's in it? When you find you are missing something - look in the box. You never know what you'll find.