That title has probably got you wondering if my blog has been hacked or if I am high on pure water or something!
Lol. Fear not people. I know what I’m saying…
So yesterday evening I was busy playing my 1000 and something-th game on Temple Run and the app was really getting on my nerves.
For no reason, the gam
e would freeze and then my runner would not respond to any of my jump, turn or slide commands and it would just carry it’s big head and jump into that green river. Pshew!
I was already thinking of deleting the darn thing but I had been trying to attain the 10k Runner objective. The longest run I had was a little over 8000 meters. I so desperately wanted to hit that 10K.
So I was playing this particular 1000 and something-th game… I was deliberately ignoring the coins… trying to hit the powerups so I could run for longer without dying sudden deaths…
Ahhhhh!!!!
I just died again… but wait, the scores came in and YEESSSSSS… I made it!
VICTORY AT LAST!!!!! I was high on it. O yes!!! It definitely felt good to win.
This got me thinking about my thoughts on ‘victory’ the day before. I had been watching highlights of Li Na’s game and victory.
It got me thinking… it must feel so good to be a winner. That feeling of being victorious is so potent I’m almost sure it certainly adds more hours to one’s life.
However, I asked my self how often I get to feel that way. I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt like a winner. Maybe that’s because I haven’t had a REAL challenge in a while. I haven’t had a specific goal I was chasing so much… it felt like my very existence depended on achieving it.
Excuse me but that is quite understandable. I’m not a footballer or swimmer or tennis player… I don’t have to play a game every other day or week (except for Temple Run sha).
On the other hand…. I know about struggles. Life’s struggles.
Working to get that paper up. Studying to get those grades up. Praying to get that major deal or job.
Those are games too. Me (or you) against the world. That’s a hard game to play.
But… if you don’t play games or face life’s struggles… chances are you will never be a winner. You will know what it means to be victorious.
Your adrenaline level will never move. That YESSSS!!!! feeling will elude you. You will never truly live.
So, friends…. let’s embrace life including its ups and downs. Let’s play our cards right.
Let’s aim to win…and most of all, aim for victory; because life is a game… you don’t win if you don’t play.
♡,
Mayowa O.
Ohluwamayowa 