Don't look a gift elephant in the mouth

For the past eight years I have been playing the White Elephant Game with my beliefs. You know, that cheesy game that consistantly invites itself to every christmas party you ever go to.

The belief version of the White Elephant Game goes something like this.

I pick up a belief/idea from the center of the circle. I balances it in my hands while making a judgment on its weight, stability, shape and wrap job. I even shakes it a little to see if it rattles. Sounds great, I clutch on to it for dear life.

Someone comes along and rudely snatches that belief away by helping me see the belief in a new light. Eh, suddenly it doesn't look so good anymore.

Then I carefully select another from the center. This time I, slightly skeptical, unwrap the belief myself. Once again, the belief that I clutched onto did not live up to expectation.

There are some beliefs that I keep picking up, finding it hard to discard forever. Sometimes the most promising are the ones that get overlooked by others and do not look so tempting on the outside. Its hard to find a belief that holds weight from all sides.

Maybe I should stop playing this game. Mabe I should take up musical chairs...