The lost sock sitting on top of the dyer waits patiently for its mate.  Cycles of laundry are completed and yet the matching sock still does not appear. 

The sock appears to be of no use.  Left to its own it is unattended and irrelevant.

How many great ideas sit on your organization’s dryer waiting for the right match?  I frequently see social sector enterprises put some of their best ideas aside like a unmatched sock.  They are waiting for the perfect donor, moment, or partner to appear and give their abandoned project life.  I am certain that if I go search in the sock drawer I have a high probability of finding the missing sock or I have a better chance of finding the mate clinging to a piece of clothing that the odds of it appearing magically from the dyer.

If there is power in the idea or project then perhaps it is well worth the energy to seek out a partner and start searching.  Another organization will gladly take the sock and turn it into their showcase project if you take no action.