Phone In The Water

So this weekend was a very........huh......Well, I guess I don't know.
Eye opening.....That's it.  
This weekend was an eye opening weekend.
It's funny how seemingly unrelated incidents can shine a light on that, which was previously unseen.
My point being this:
On Saturday morning, I went to go unlock the pool at the complex where I reside. I usually don't do it on Saturday's because the office or staff are working that day and they normally open it. But, I was up early and felt like getting outside.
After I opened the first gate, I heard my phone ring.......**Ring Ring** (actually, my ringtone was a super loud Metallica Song)
So of course I reach in my pocket to answer the phone.
As I was pulling my phone out, while I was walking, it slipped out of my hand and began to fall toward the ground.
I know that you all have experienced the weird sensation of time slowing down and you can see what is about to happen right before it does........
Well this was definitely one of those times.
I saw my phone fall to the ground and begin to bounce towards the damn pool.
I reached out to catch it before it took a bath, but I was too late. All I could do was watch helplessly as the phone splashed into the pool.

I stood there screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOO" like I was being held captive by some thugs, while the leader of the gang was dragging my woman off to sell her for a case of cigarettes.

Then before I could even stop myself, I was diving, head first into the pool to try and rescue my beloved phone.
****NOTE TO SELF:  DON'T JUMP INTO POOL WITH ALL OF YOUR SHOES AND CLOTHES ON......TERRIBLE IDEA****

Initially, I was just trying to feel through the water with my eyes clothes, but I couldn't find it and time was against me.....I knew the longer the phone was in the water, the less likely it possible to save it.
So I opened my eyes and saw a black object lying lifelessly at the bottom of the pool.
I grabbed it and made a desperate dash to the surface, which was 6ft above me.

Once we were safely back on dry land, I removed the battery from the phone and laid it out in the sun to dry along with the phone itself..........It wasn't looking good her.   I had seen that sight before a dozen times........Although I didn't speak the words at the time, I knew she wasn't going to make it.
So, as I am sitting there, Completely drenched, shoes and all,........... I was trying to determine what hurt the most.
1. Being this close to losing the second most important thing in my life
or
2. That fact that I actually opened my eyes in THAT pool. I swore to my self that I would never do that. I can only imagine what has gone on in that pool after hours.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww

After 24hrs of drying out, I inserted the battery back into the phone and with a prayer, I pressed the "ON" button.
On June 19, 2011 at 0930hrs........My beautiful Nokia was pronounced dead at the scene. She was gone forever.

At that moment, I realized that I had lost every single phone number, email, and contact info that was in that phone.
I was so dependent on that phone and technology, that I never learned or wrote down anybody's number. I can't even tell you my dad or mom's phone numbers.
I was crippled. I was weak, and there was nothing that I could do, because I gave everything to that phone and made myself vulnerable to it.
Nokia broke my heart. She left me alone in a cold world with no one to call out to.

Luckily, I didn't need Nokia to call God.
I went to church that morning and spoke to God about a number of issues, not including Nokia.
Although, it was a very one-sided conversion, I was able to see that Nokia was a representation of life. I was able to understand that a person can not depend something or someone to always be there for them.
I should have written down those numbers........
I should have memorized the important ones......
and  I should have never allowed myself to become a slave to Nokia.

The same can be said about life.
In the complex formulas and equations of life, the variables are always changing. The only constant is YOU. Depend and invest in that, which will always be there..................................Yourself.

That's all you came with.......That's all you are going to take with you.

So there, you have it.
Who would have ever guessed that a life lesson would be learned from "A PHONE IN THE WATER"