Who's Game is it Anyway?

Often in life we are playing by the rules. What rules do you ask; the one's that were set by some person or group of people somewhere along the way. Rules exist in our business life, spiritual life and social life and it seems sometimes that we just have to deal with it. One of my favorites is the concept of the American work week, the fact that a group of people at some point agreed that everyone should work from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday with really only one true day of rest. I would love to know who was in the room when this idea was brought to the table but even more importantly who are the zombies that signed up for it.

Can you think of a time that you were in a relationship or friendship with a person where you were playing by their rules? It didn't start off that way but a combination of your willingness to please and their gently overpowering personality and slightly archaic thinking have swooped you into a way of doing things differently, that you have now subconsciously subscribed to. In the shuffle of it all, meat-eaters become vegans, club goers become home bodies, independent thinkers become brown-noser's and monogamous relationship have’s become open-daters. But whose Game is it anyway? Well, that all gets lost as time goes on, and sometimes so does who you really are. After days and months and years of playing by the rules that someone else created, you forget to actually stop and live your own life.

You know the saying if you don’t stand for something than you will fall for anything. Surely, it’s true. I remember my days of playing super Mario Brothers, I would pass one board and advance to the next however, it was still super Mario. The only thing that changed was the levels of complexity. I was able to get to a higher level because I stayed grounded with the basic skills that it would take to win. So, change the game, set your own rules, and declare your expectations. Because or whether or not it's your game, you are unequivocally the most valuable player in your life.