Posts Tagged ‘life’

How People Play Games is How They Live

Friday, November 26th, 2021

How people play usually reflects how they live. How someone does one thing does not always indicate how they do everything else in their life – but there is often a strong correlation. People are typically less self-aware while playing – and thus it is perfect opportunity to observe, learn about, and assess someone’s attitudes, beliefs, habits, and likely decisions and behavior in every other area of their lives – when they are NOT just “playing”. Pay attention to yourself and others during “playtime” to discover what should be obvious but is often not within our conscious awareness.

You can learn a lot watching people play. (more…)

Is Life Like A Sudoku Puzzle?

Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

Sudoku is a popular number puzzle. The goal is to arrange numbers (1-9) [but sometimes in addition to just numbers also letters (A-G)] so that all are included and none duplicate in any given row or column or smaller square within the total square. (more…)

Three Life Options

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

Life often seems to throw things at us – perhaps to let us know we’re still alive. How we perceive and react to what’s thrown is a choice.

Life always offers (at least three) options: (more…)

Breathe – Deeply!

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Today, like all others, is the start of a new year. When beginning anything, the idea is usually also to be gaining something. Initiative can be good – but is better when it also includes finishitive. It’s very seldom enough to just initiate; we usually must also “integrate” (more…)

The Time of Our Lives

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Life may be many things, but most are measured in time. Every moment is, literally, the time of our lives! While we do not always make the “best” use of it (in a “timely” manner), most people are at least aware of and are able to appreciate the “passage” of time – and, on some level, realize that NOW is all there is. In the respect of an eternal present moment, time does not exist – and yet humans have created numerous incredibly elaborate methods and systems of categorizing and recording time. It sometimes seems like our culture “worships” time (and money). The concept of time that sometimes seems to vary the most is the (yearly) calendar. (more…)