If we think about life as a game, it is a pretty fair one: We get born with nothing (material) and we die with nothing. As we have a fixed starting point and a fixed end, everything in between is freedom! You can do or not do whatever you want, the end will be the same.
We also don’t know when we will die which should motivate us to give our best every day.
In our life, just like in nearly any game, we can collect coins and make some money. We can make a jump every day, follow the trace made from coins and collect them. We can, but don’t have to. We can completely choose how we wanna spend the time between the start and the end. We also could choose to just explore the map.
In our life we will see other players, life is a multiplayer game. We should remember that there is just one team called “Team Human” -- there are different characters, different colours within that team indicating different regions of the map we play in. There are different languages, these are representing the feeling you have in the different regions of the map and shows that we are special/different, although we are playing on the same team.
When you are born, you will get a mom and a dad. they will (hopefully) take care of you as a kid. As soon as you start growing up, the quest begins. The job of your parents is only to raise you up, everything else is on you.
Now you have to listen to your inner calling, find mentors and do the mission you are in this game for. You don’t know why you are here (or maybe you do) but you will find clues along the way, people that you like, subjects that inspire you that will show you which direction is the right one to take.
You will be struggling. You might be thinking too much about what you are feeling and you will have the voice of your parents or other people from the beginning of your mission in your head -- but the game now is on you. When the one battle is over, you change your armour and proceed to the next, new outfit, new look, same you. That’s your job now for the first time, leave your childhood behind and accomplish your first goal.
Once you have achieved success here, you will also be financially independent. When mastering a craft and succeeding in it, you will discover that you most likely will be able to make a living doing it. While other people are still jumping everyday coin after coin, you are playing on a different level.
You can now double down on the first success, do more of it while you are exploring other areas. It is a game and you don’t know when it’s over -- so see as much of the map as you can. Or, you can once again leave it all behind and struggle one more time and start all over - that’s your choice.
At some point, you will realize that you learned a lot during your time playing -- so you might want to pass that on. In this game, you have 3 different levels of being for your character: Learner, Practitioner and Master. The learner has a mentor teaching him. The practitioner has mastered the art, he is doing it and is getting the result. He understands the rules of this game and can, therefore, play it successfully.
And then there is the master, the last step. The master is the person that knows the rules and teaches others while still learning and participating in the game. Its the highest level and you should always strive to become like him. To become the master.
And then, there is the end of the game, You knew it from the beginning and still, it is a bit sad: All these experiences, beautiful characters for your team and the world you are living in, everything you have achieved stays behind. And you will leave the game.
You won’t realise it, but although you have lived a crazy life, so much more than most characters, the game will go on. There will be a message “[YOU] left the game” and that’s it. Some people will read it… some might think about it... and 10 years later, nobody will remember. And maybe, just maybe, you decide to play again and we will see you again. And the game will continue. Welcome back! ;-)