Something my father told me when I was young, that I never understood until my late 20's, early 30's, - "Don't wanna lose? Don't play/fight/engage." what have you. He taught me a lot about situational awareness in all it's forms. not just from a defensive standpoint, but also about life in general, pattern recognition, anticipation given certain circumstances, good, bad, or otherwise.
I sobered up a little over 25 years ago, and those lessons of my youth, coupled with a completely different outlook on life have saved a lot of heartache and misery. These days all I'm looking to do is be useful. have purpose. I can't contribute in ways I used to, but really who can. in a very real sense, I'm not the same man I was yesterday. Some days, i fall short. I try to hold myself to standards that admittedly some days are beyond my ability, but it's always a learning process.
The only one I compete with these days lives between my ears. I'll never 'beat' him, but more often than not we c an cooperate to the benefit of those around us. that's enough most days.
Great call out on games being subject to rules. While we have "rules" in life (read, laws) for your own life and your own definition of "winning" it is largely up to you. How you view your life success is largely subjective, and if you live by someone elses rules? you'll always be coming up short... You need to define what success is, and then work towards your own definition
"It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’re doing, how you react to the unexpected, the unintentional, and the undesirable shit that life throws at you will have a far greater impact on your future than the situations themselves." THIS is so spot on! People, even longtime friends (ouch), will judge or categorize you based on this one fact. Or maybe, me, myself and I will do it. Either way the impact of those actions will follow you long after you've come to terms with the situations themselves. On another note, it brings me to ask, Kyle, what's your outlook/opinion on karma?
Hmm. I absolutely believe that we attract whatever we put out there; if you want to call that "karma," then, hell yes, I believe in it. Although, I'm not quite sold on the future lives and reincarnation aspect of it.
What is "winning" in the first place? I definitely don't want to 'win' if it means success, money, influence...no thank you anyway. And,Steve, you are completely right - hence the phrase: "Who ever said life was fair?"
Something my father told me when I was young, that I never understood until my late 20's, early 30's, - "Don't wanna lose? Don't play/fight/engage." what have you. He taught me a lot about situational awareness in all it's forms. not just from a defensive standpoint, but also about life in general, pattern recognition, anticipation given certain circumstances, good, bad, or otherwise.
I sobered up a little over 25 years ago, and those lessons of my youth, coupled with a completely different outlook on life have saved a lot of heartache and misery. These days all I'm looking to do is be useful. have purpose. I can't contribute in ways I used to, but really who can. in a very real sense, I'm not the same man I was yesterday. Some days, i fall short. I try to hold myself to standards that admittedly some days are beyond my ability, but it's always a learning process.
The only one I compete with these days lives between my ears. I'll never 'beat' him, but more often than not we c an cooperate to the benefit of those around us. that's enough most days.
Well said, man.
Great call out on games being subject to rules. While we have "rules" in life (read, laws) for your own life and your own definition of "winning" it is largely up to you. How you view your life success is largely subjective, and if you live by someone elses rules? you'll always be coming up short... You need to define what success is, and then work towards your own definition
"It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’re doing, how you react to the unexpected, the unintentional, and the undesirable shit that life throws at you will have a far greater impact on your future than the situations themselves." THIS is so spot on! People, even longtime friends (ouch), will judge or categorize you based on this one fact. Or maybe, me, myself and I will do it. Either way the impact of those actions will follow you long after you've come to terms with the situations themselves. On another note, it brings me to ask, Kyle, what's your outlook/opinion on karma?
Hmm. I absolutely believe that we attract whatever we put out there; if you want to call that "karma," then, hell yes, I believe in it. Although, I'm not quite sold on the future lives and reincarnation aspect of it.
What is "winning" in the first place? I definitely don't want to 'win' if it means success, money, influence...no thank you anyway. And,Steve, you are completely right - hence the phrase: "Who ever said life was fair?"
As someone who loves art, but not artistically inclined in the traditional sense, this perspective really resonates!
is it game day ?? you tell me creeps i am watching A killer among Friends Next ID channel set ya DVRs please
I meant "Kyle"...but must have been looking at Steve's comment. (Sorry😲)