Finding my marbles

I know there's the old saying of "losing one's marbles."  It indicates the person is slowly losing their mind or has already lost it.  I personally always got a kick out of the reference in Hook when Toodles exclaims how he'd lost his marbles.  ::chuckle::

What does it mean then if you find them?

During my travels this last year, I've periodically found marbles in my path.  They've been in busy streets, sandy beaches, dirt roads on an island of 200 people, under beds of hostels I'm staying at, and piers when I get off the boat from diving.  The marbles come in different colors and conditions.  I once found a marble that looked whole; upon picking it up I discovered it was broken in half.  Another time I found a completely blue marble similar to one described in a book I'd been reading and later dreamt about.

I just found one last night walking down the main thoroughfare of Kota Kinabalu.  I don't know what they mean.  They could represent a lesson learned or an indicator of good things to come.  I just continue to collect them as I stumble across each one, wondering about its story and where it came from.

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