Thursday, December 4, 2008

WANTED TO PLAY A GAME?

Lots to choose from
Reading interupted - Grampa Ron just fell from fireplace


Ben and Morgan are coming for a visit and one of the favorite things Ben loves to do is play a game. I like snakes and Ladders but dad has to do chess. I have played games over the years with many chilldren and enjoyed it. Morgan wants to get in the action now too. Children definitely like to play to win and when our children played games together we would often hear "you cheated" and "no I didn't". The accuser would usually end up quiting.

We all seem to want to win. We want to be right. We want things done our way.

A balanced life will include times of winning and times of losing. A balanced life will include joy and disappointment, success and failure. We are discovering more about ourselves as we inter- act with others.

"WE MUST ACCEPT FINITE DISAPPOINTMENT, BUT NEVER LOSE INFINITE HOPE"
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

The changing sky above us draws our eyes to the glory of deep mystery and we experience a feeling of awe and wonder that we are apart of something bigger than we could ever dream.

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