Pin the Tail on the Donkey

Remember playing this party game as a child?  You were blindfolded, someone spun you around,

and with hand holding the tail and arm extended you took a hesitant step, then another until you bumped into a fellow partier who started to laugh.  If you were lucky, you finally found a wall and stuck the pin somewhere near where the picture of a donkey was posted.

Life can seem like this game.  Someone or something can have you spinning.  You may feel blindfolded or at least not able to see clearly. The goal seems unreachable. People around you are chuckling and you feel as though you’re alone.  Perhaps the whole project seems asinine.  

I wonder if any of the skills we developed in playing pin the tail would help us in our current “games?”  As kids we quickly figured out who cheated and peeked through the blindfold.  We picked up clues where the end target might be and realized that action and reaction are different.  We learned to stop and take a breath.  It wasn’t the first time we encountered the hard lesson that there are winners and losers, but discovered that there can be fun in losing.

Whatever has you entailed or going in circles, I wish you understanding and discernment.  Oh, and ice cream and cake.

Marilyn