As a child, if I had realized how much we could learn from the game Twister, I might not have played it so much.
You see, I think life is a series of decisions, much like Twister. Life tells you what the circumstances are that are going to play out for you today - "right foot red" - and we react to the circumstance by choosing which red spot to put it on. There are always choices in everything we do - sometimes they are limited; sometimes we have to struggle against ourselves or other people to get to the choice we want, but we have choices.
I think that the Twister Game of Life is a much larger field of dots, however. It is a vast and ever-growing field of dots and with each one that we choose...
Now, sometimes we meet up with other people on our spot journey. These people are making their decisions too and very often we find ourselves intertwined with someone else. This person might be someone that we gel with very well and then we go along together making decisions and having fun, moving across the field, dancing to the choices we make in our lives. Or we come across people who we have to fight with in order to get to our chosen spot. At this point we have a choice, we can stand there and fight a constant battle of push and shove to get to the chosen spot or we can look around and see if there is a different route to take to get to the spot we want. Sometimes it means stepping out of our comfort zone and jumping two spots over and then sliding back again when we feel it's safe, sometimes it's just a matter of leaning a little to allow that person to pass, but either way, we are still the ones in control of our overall choices.
The trouble comes in when we don't really pay attention to the spots we are choosing. If we allow others to push and steer us in a direction that we don't really want to be in we can find ourselves 50 or more spaces away from the spot we thought we wanted and very close to somewhere that we just don't want to be.
Making our way back to where we want to be can be a difficult task, so pay attention to where your life and your decisions are taking you. Remember to lean out of the way of danger, to push your way through when you feel that life is steering you the wrong way and to dance when you find someone who will dance with you.
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You see, I think life is a series of decisions, much like Twister. Life tells you what the circumstances are that are going to play out for you today - "right foot red" - and we react to the circumstance by choosing which red spot to put it on. There are always choices in everything we do - sometimes they are limited; sometimes we have to struggle against ourselves or other people to get to the choice we want, but we have choices.
I think that the Twister Game of Life is a much larger field of dots, however. It is a vast and ever-growing field of dots and with each one that we choose...
we move over on the board, one spot. From this spot, we are surrounded with more spots (decisions) to choose from. Slowly but surely we make our day-to-day life decisions and move around the playing field - each one bringing us in the direction of our choosing.
Now, sometimes we meet up with other people on our spot journey. These people are making their decisions too and very often we find ourselves intertwined with someone else. This person might be someone that we gel with very well and then we go along together making decisions and having fun, moving across the field, dancing to the choices we make in our lives. Or we come across people who we have to fight with in order to get to our chosen spot. At this point we have a choice, we can stand there and fight a constant battle of push and shove to get to the chosen spot or we can look around and see if there is a different route to take to get to the spot we want. Sometimes it means stepping out of our comfort zone and jumping two spots over and then sliding back again when we feel it's safe, sometimes it's just a matter of leaning a little to allow that person to pass, but either way, we are still the ones in control of our overall choices.
The trouble comes in when we don't really pay attention to the spots we are choosing. If we allow others to push and steer us in a direction that we don't really want to be in we can find ourselves 50 or more spaces away from the spot we thought we wanted and very close to somewhere that we just don't want to be.
Making our way back to where we want to be can be a difficult task, so pay attention to where your life and your decisions are taking you. Remember to lean out of the way of danger, to push your way through when you feel that life is steering you the wrong way and to dance when you find someone who will dance with you.
Get notified! Become a follower or subscribe to this blog.
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