Life: The video game

I had something I wanted to throw out there, you know for public consumption and all.

Have a couple of things to take care of before I start this new stage of my life. Maybe I played too many video games as a youth, truthfully still do, but I view life as a game. A game to be played in stages or levels. Progression to new levels is dependent upon your growth and maturity, not your age.

I honestly feel as if I was trapped on a certain level of my life an unable to advance because I had failed to grasp certain lessons. I think back and look at Kansas as if it was one big level, one big lesson. There are so many trends, people, even words that I don’t ever want to bring along with me as I progress in the game of life. You know, Kansas was sort of like a playground, where you can do certain tricks because there is a sand beneath you, but if you go elsewhere, say the pavement parking lot ,and try those same tricks you may fall and scrap your knee.

I speak metaphorically of course, but that’s how I feel. I was recently told that “In life sometimes you get second chances; rarely some of us get multiple chances.” I feel like I get a fresh new chance every time I move. Every time I begin a new level. My same old face gets a fresh new look as people who don’t know me look at me brand new. It’s a chance to take the lessons of old and apply them to something new.

One thing I do not want are the old foes and obstacles of old to reach up and try and drag me down a level. Nothing is worse than replaying the same old missions on a new level, or worse still having to play an level you have already beaten over because you forgot to save, or could not defeat the boss. Because you did not fully learn the skills you needed to progress in life, you had to start over.

Something’s will never change, true. But something’s gotta give. You can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. No matter how many times you practice something, if you are practicing it wrong, you won’t get better. If I can attach only one good quality to myself, I would say that I am forever changing, forever trying to do it better, faster, and easier than before.
God help me if Maryland turns into Kansas.