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Date: 17 March 2006 16:45:18

I discovered God in a scarf.

You know how sometimes someone does something so incredibly kind for you, at a time when you are weak or down, and it means so much you almost want to cry? And at the very least you want to tell other people about how kind that person was and how much you appreciate it. Well, okay, today God is that person and you are that audience.

As you may understand, I've been digging out my warm clothing. One cherished item I've been looking for is my woollen university scarf. It has particular sentimental value as it symbolises how a disastrous fail in a major exam was wiped off my record by a quirk of the university's rules. Anyway, I'd lost that scarf. I'd searched everywhere, for months and months, and turned the house upside down without finding it.

And now, at work, I was just about to put some papers in a bag to carry home when I decided to use a different bag instead and ... well, you've guessed the rest, haven't you.

It's stupid to be so worked up about a piece of cloth, but I have a huge grin in amongst the choked-back tears.