Oliver's World

In Oliver's world, Sesame Street is all that matters. Oliver is my 2 year old grandson and as long as he can play with his Sesame Street characters- life is good. He plays all day long with the likes of Big Bird, Super Grover, Cookie Monster, etc. and never gets tired of that world. Too bad it's not the same for us. We play all day with our own Oscar the Grouches, Counts, Elmos, etc. and we get very weary. We tire of having to say the same thing over and over. We tire of expectations that we cannot meet. We become frustrated when passed over for raises and promotions. Yet play with them daily, we must. Maybe we should take a lesson from Oliver and realize this playtime we have does not last forever. We should make the most of the hours we have to interact and then rush home to our real, safe and comfortable haven we call "home".