Begun as a day to give gifts to strangers, Boxing Day continues to be a day of giving to people with less, but recent decades have challenged this past. Canadian Boxing Day has become an enormous retail day similar to Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, in the United States.
There is another way to share surplus goods with strangers: actions, words, care.
What is a box? Whatever you need a box to be. The box can be a mindset, a paradigm, a method, a worldview, a theory, a mood, a method or approach. It can be freedom, hope, exploration, discovery, happiness, desire, creativity, love, a dream, a goal. The box is anything, good or bad, that can be passed on to others. It can be lost, desperate, inevitable or definite, confident, enduring. Sometimes a box is only a weak, flimsy cardboard container that cannot withstand use, weather, or time. Sometimes a box is a secret place of gilded mahogany that secures the most valuable items in the world.
Mankind is curious, creative, and ingenious. We create, alter, expand, and build like no other creature. Perspective is key. A box is more than something to transport, store, or hold items. A box can be permanent or temporary, plain or adorned.
Think of a box from the view of a cat. Hide in it, hop on it, learn its crevices, and use it for a variety of purposes. Move forward with gifts; don't store your burdens up like curses. Be strategic, flexible, adaptable, caring, and selfless.
It all depends on you see the box.
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Agatha Tyche
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