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Life would be simply un-complicated, if the mind were not so complex.


Oh! Those calendar men! If nothing I have been given insight to the variances of the working mind. For whatever reasons, people and their thoughts and response to life have taught me of the imperfection of being human. Life is simple and it is only we as people who complicate it.

From childhood your taught to play games, from simple toss and catch to highly competitive and even strategic ones. I find that as early as elementary school we are instructed of the rules to follow. Of course we are told like the old adage it doesn't matter who wins or loses, it's how you play the game. Except that deep down you know it does matter, everyone wants to be a winner and there can only be one in each game.

Life is a structure loosely based on games, and it doesn't stop with children, it dominates the adult mentality. Who has more, who gets more , who wins! You can choose to step away from this game of life, shelter yourself, hide from society, pretend it doesn't exist or you can do the complete opposite in a rebellious way, make your self heard, change the system through the checks and balances of democracy or deny that there is a game at all and like a ostrich hide your head in the sand.

It all seems pretty easy, we know when we wake up in the morning we have a 50/50 chance of our life being altered the moment we walk out the door. Hmm a betting game, or just facing reality? The problem is not what is the name of the game, but what are the rules, they don't seem to be as clear as childhood hopscotch, ah oh your outside the line, lose a turn .

What are the rules? This is much more difficult, as they are based on varied plateau's, depending on where your standing, what view you take in. There are morale based rules, which fluctuate through out individuals and society based rules as varied as each community. A step further reveals that there are even variances based on what the heart and mind comprehend.

Rules teach us to obey and to follow a sense of order, but they are constantly evolving and are rarely adhered to. Morally you would think every game would be based on honesty, how could you possibly win with a lie, this is based on the common factor that we believe everyone knows right from wrong.

Our system of rules is based on the interpretation and the support of such given rules as well as editing and altering of them to each situation that occurs. So it's clear that every system has rule makers and enforcers, how much more clearer is that. No where in the rules does it say we have to respect everyone, but we assume everyone does, nor be untruthful, yet depending upon the consequences, people make excuses where they will find it acceptable to lie.

So now we are treading on exactly what are the rules, are they mandatory that we follow? Obviously not, then that means they must be optional. There we go complicating this game of life, as we now are in a grey area, where we are left to our own decision making. Do we lead with our heart or our head, and does this or should it change how we process the decision making?

Willing participants in any step of life assume that they are standing on a platform of truth, as they climb higher they step on to respect, which leads to all the other emotions which flow with ease upon entering the sphere of life, where we see our own individual role.

Knowing the rules and following the rules are two completely separate chapters.

Instinct , environment , obsession, possession
with the power of aggression.
The winner takes all or does he?

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I didn't even explore the option of evasion.....