Desire in the shape of an iPad

I came to work today, and they gave a drawing for an iPad 2. In the contest, my submission was not taken as the winner. In fact the winner was 11 people who had the same concept. Each one got a brand new iPad 2.

I found in my heart a hardness... a jealousy. I found I had an issue. It bothered me for hours. I felt the desire for the iPad and felt "I deserve one too!"

Then I realized and remembered "I'm not this little self that cares so much about a electronic device. I'm a spiritual seeker."

I let it go. I called my daughter in France and talked to her and sent her a little book today.

Wrong desires, desires of the ephemeral or of the negative, can so warp our true calling.