So often we revert to old habits to restore what we believe we lost, repeating old mistakes thinking we will get what we are looking for. Gabor Maté retold the story about the lost key and Nasrudin. Looking into WordPress, I came across this blog from bushspirit and am reposting it (beg for permission later).

Stop looking for things you thought you lost in brightly lit places because the key may just be inside, waiting from the place, exactly where you were.