Pass the Parcel

The children, under their teacher’s guidance, play pass the parcel.  As it goes round, anticipation and excitement shine in their eyes. They’re totally connected with and committed to the possibility within it.  Someone is going to get the reward and ‘Me’ is the person in each mind.  Several decide to slow down the process, hoping their moment for glory has arrived.  It hasn’t.   As the music stops for the final time someone prizes the last layer from the seductive bundle.  A sense of unfairness rises within those who have touched the package, but ultimately not the reward.  Tears witness one child’s sense of loss while the teacher demonstrates celebration of another’s success.   The key thing is that none have withdraw from the activity.  They’ve  remained in the hope of being the one to hold the trophy.  

We can do everything we know how to be present for ‘that’ chance, and yet it may bypass us, it's evasion seeming unfair.   The resultant bitterness steeped in disappointment beckons our withdrawal.  But consider the possibility that the parcel’s contents might not have been quite right for you.  How are you dealing with the frustration?  How are you preparing for the right opening?