My wife and I arrived home late one night. In checking the fax for messages, we discovered that a paper guide was missing from the machine. The point so puzzling was who could possibly have wanted this little part! We couldn't imagine anyone coming into the house and taking that small piece of equipment.
Then we had a radical shift in how we were thinking of this little mystery. Maybe it wasn't a question of why some person would want the item, but why a cat would want it! It didn't at first seem logical that our cat could be the culprit, but when we checked behind the sofa where he hides his toys, sure enough, there was the missing part.
More than just the tiny puzzles in life are sometimes solved when we have the patience and the perceptiveness to think from a wholly fresh perspective. In fact, discoveries of major significance can originate from a willingness not to be bound by conventional ways of thinking. But shifting how we view things is not always easy. Once we are fixed over a period of time on what we feel so sure are basic facts, those perceptions are not quickly given up.
