Give all to love and office organization

You know how near the end of The Wizard of Oz, we realize that everyone already had what they wanted? The Tin Man already had a heart. The Cowardly Lion was already brave. Dorothy always had the ability to go home, no wizardly assistance necessary? I have a theory that I everything I really need to know is already somewhere in my office-- on the bookshelf, in the filing cabinet, or in the mysterious pile of papers on my desk, but somewhere.

Twice a year I clean my office and fill the recycling bin with shredded paper. In that process, I always find something that I thought I'd lost or didn't realize I'd been looking for. It's happened several times that I find a book which I had recently bought a second copy of. And I always find at least 20 dollars; one time I found a thousand! (I was particulary disorganized that year.)

This time when I cleaned my office, I found a scrap of paper with a quote on it.

"...
Though thou loved her as thyself,
As a self of purer clay,
Though her parting dims the day,
Stealing grace from all alive;
Heartily know,
When half-gods go,
The gods arrive."

It's from a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Give All to Love". I don't remember when I wrote the quote down. Ten years ago? Fifteen? I'm 40 now, so I've been looking for the love my life for a while. I'm not complaining, actually, although sometimes I'm kind of surprised that I haven't found him yet. When I was a kid, I completely expected that I'd meet my husband during college and get married shortly after. That didn't happen, but lots of really great things did. Good relationships, fabulous adventures, interesting jobs, challenges that I met head on, lessons I learned. Though lately....I don't know. It seems like I kind of stalled and spent a lot of time watching cop show reruns off my TiVo.

When I pulled the Emerson quote off the pile of papers, it was like Past Me was sending a message to Present Me. (And Marty McFly is going to drop by with his DeLorean later, to get some trash for his flux capacitor.)

I am going to find the love of my life. I'm just going to have to date a lot of not-the-loves-of-my-life first.

Better get to work.