The Real Game!

Every game has levels. And the strange yet thing is that, life also feels the same.

At Level 1, we are just figuring out the rules. We don’t know which feature does what, we don’t even know if we are holding the controller the right way. Every move feels like an experiment. This is the don’t mess up phase. Our first job, Our first relationship, first draft and more. All these are trial runs.

Then comes Level 50. we have played/iterated enough to know the shortcuts. The fear drops, the confidence pops up. We feel like we have got the hang of it. We teach or give out our learnt lessons to people. We might even start believing that we have cracked the code.

Somewhere around Level 70, we run into players who are really good. Suddenly the game we thought that we knew looks bigger, harder, and smarter than imagined. We will start seeing layers that never existed before. This is where the curve moves from I’m good to there’s so much more to learn.

Upon continuing the game anyway, lets say at level 150, we will stop trying to prove that we are the best. Somehow, we will accept that there’s always someone better, faster, sharper. We will start learn to respect the game itself. Slowing down, thinking deeper, and sometimes even smiling when we lose because we will know the loss is just another lesson.

The interesting part that I have observed is that, players at higher level can see us right through. They know the patterns before even a move is made. Players at same level see the other as competition, always measuring where they stand next in the metrics. And players at a much earlier stage might not even understand what the rules, games and players.

And just like life, the game has twists. There are unlocked hidden levels that we can’t see until played for years. Sometimes we have to switch games altogether. We could be Level 80 in one field and drop to Level 1 in another. Not everyone’s playing to win; some are just here for fun, some quit halfway, some doesn’t enter at all. Sometimes they choose to go back and play at Level 10 not because they can’t go higher, but without pressure.

The real goal isn’t to beat everyone or to reach the final level. The real game is staying in it long enough to enjoy it, to learn from it, and to play in a way that makes us want to continue it again tomorrow.

Because in the end, it’s not the number of wins that makes a master/winner. It’s understanding the game itself.

And then there are the rarest players. The ones who stop measuring, stop chasing, and simply become the game itself. They just are rooted in presence, untouched by noise, aware that even the game is temporary.

Cheers

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