Play.

Life is just a game.

How many times each day do we forget this?

Life is a game, sometimes complicated, sometimes simple, but always the same.

And games are meant to be played, to be enjoyed, to stretch us so we can find and use our potential to bring us into our life. The idea of winning and losing is what changes a game from a personal challenge of skill, joy and integrity into a battle aimed only at defeating the other. The moment we choose success and victory over failure and defeat, we loose our balance and so loose the pleasure of playing. In that very moment we become the victim to our own desires.

Look how we view sport. When we simply watch a competition between two players or teams we can enjoy the individual skill of the protagonists. The moment we choose one side over another, the doors to our unhappiness and frustration fly open.

Therefore, the wise person lets go of choosing victory over defeat, success over failure and takes pleasure in playing the game. Winning and loosing are short term goals held by short sighted people. In the end only that which brings real and lasting happiness into our life has value.

May all beings be happy.