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Inspirational Did you ever receive a gift in an unexpected place? I
did
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order was mistakenly placed as a Child's Happy Meal. For some reason, I decided
it was worth keeping, and in it was a gift in the form of a Sega game for kids.
After ignoring the game initially, and then haphazardly trying to play, I
decided to figure it out. A couple of days passed, and it ourred to me that
there were lessons about life in this little handheld game. In a nutshell, the
character of the game is to move up and down on lines, otherwise known as
elevators, in its attempt to get diamonds distributed on various landingsfloors.
One side of the elevators is up, and the other is down. Stay on either too long,
and the character gets smushed. If the character misses the elevator, or doesn't
collect the diamonds in time, or stays on the elevator too long, it loses a
play. Lose 5 plays on a level, and the game is over. Be suessful with the
collection of 1 diamond 5 times, then move to the next level for 2
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the player must suessfully get to level 5, and be able to suessfully plete the
diamond collection 5 times. What lessons could someone take away from this
little toy? For starters, I realized my haphazard approach wasn't getting me
anywhere. I realized that I needed to know how to play, needed to be focused,
and in the moment. If not, there is a good chance that I will fall into any of
the pitfalls. If I get distracted, I can lose a play, and potentially the game.
-> Just how many times in your life have you been THAT focused and conscious
and intentional about what you have done? Have you taken the time to really
engross yourself in what you're doing? What kind of results are you getting?
Have you truly been playing "your game"? Next, while there is some
predictability to the game, the starting location varies, and the diamonds are
planted in different places each time. As I have played, it has ourred to me
that there are different ways to acplish what needs to be done. ->How often
do you miss opportunities because you think the situation is predictable, or
(you think) there is only one way to go? While realizing that there are
different ways to get things done
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pressing a button might mean that I would lose a play because the character
would miss the elevator that seemed to be there. ->How often do you think
you're standing on a firm foundation, only to have a misstep? The great thing
about the game is that there is always another chance. Even if the options run
out on the level I am on, I can always start over. Just how often are you
willing to just pick yourself up and begin again in your "real" life?
Oasionally, while playing, I will think that the character is going to one
space, but the game is just a second faster, and the character winds up in a
different place than I thought it would be. I then need to reconsider what I am
doing, oftentimes working with something better than expected. ->How many
times do you think you know where you're going, only to find yourself somewhere
else? Are you flexible enough to adapt to the changes? Sometimes, I need to use
the up elevator to maneuver myself into a place, so that I could go down?and
sometimes I need to use the down elevator to maneuver myself to a place, so I
can go up. ->How often do you realize that the direction you are headed in is
taking you the direction you need to go? Once one level is pleted 5 times, I am
bumped into the next level. In the game, it's the next place to go. ->Once
you have mastered something, does it seem that there is always something else?
Once growth has been achieved, does a new challenge present itself? At times
growth can seem like a lot of work
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happens es because it's time for it to. As I have continued to play, I realize
that I have gotten better at it. What seemed challenging at first, now almost
seems too easy. ->How many times have things gotten easier for you, the more
you've allowed yourself to practice them? How often has a challenge ceased to be
one with practice, awareness, and frequency? Lastly, it's "just" a game, right?
I can't take it seriously ? can I? Well, I could, actually, but because it's a
game, I am willing to give myself space to breathe, and have kept at it. ->Do
you take your life seriously sometimes? What if you treated it more like this
game? What if you were willing to keep trying because you always knew you had
another chance? What if you could see your failures as stepping stones to your
ultimate suesses? By the way, I win the game now every time I play it with focus
and intention. Sometimes I get distracted, and I need to do something else, at
which time I just put it away and start over again another time. Sometimes I'm
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know I can always to back to it, and build myself up again to hear the sounds
that tell me I've gotten as far as I can, and that I have sueeded in what I set
out to do. Too bad life doesn't have the "winning sounds" that this game
plays?so that we'd know without a doubt when we've won. However, the sounds are
still there, they may just e in the form of cheers, clapping, or a friendly,
supportive voice. We sueed at something all the time, but are we too busy
listening to the sounds of failure to hear our suesses? What truly is suess? Is
it my ability to win the game? Perhaps. However, I have e to realize that the
minute that I did the best I could do in that moment, I was already suessful.
What perspective this unexpected treasure offered me, a big gifI.
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