From the ages 8-13 I really enjoyed playing the game of LIFE. I loved going through the game on a little car and graduating college, getting a career, and getting married. Followed by babies and houses and vacations. I would always try to land on as many "baby spaces" and maybe would sometimes manipulate the game to make sure I would have the perfect ending with the perfect amount of children, the perfect job, basically the perfect life.
Fast forward to now and I am still striving for that "perfect life." But maybe with a different view than those original games played out to be. My perfect life is a messy kitchen floor because I let my kids help me in the kitchen. My perfect life is a tired body at the end of the day because I was busy with the work that I love. My perfect life is a husband who has his quirks but above all loves me and is so supremely loyal to us. My perfect life is now.
I think what I loved about the game of LIFE is that I had control, it was a game, but in my life, my perfect life now I have control over a view things and I am always learning that the challenge and joy is being happy and content. Something that I am striving towards all the time, some days are better than others, but I am just trying to enjoy my own game of LIFE.
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OH, Brooke, that was so well put and it made me misty! I whole-heartedly agree and have had this topic on my mind a lot lately! What charmed lives we lead and by charmed I don't mean living in the lap of luxury and rolling in the dough, but we have eternal hubbies, children and knowledge of the gospel. Man, I really have been trying to savor those 3 things lately. love you!
p.s. um, my fav game as a kid, too, might I add!!
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