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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (1061)	1/15/2001 2:33:32 PM
From: hobo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

a game implies a winner and a loser. (certainly, chess does). is life about winning and losing ? possibly, it depends on one's objectives, priorities and the manner in which one can isolate himself or herself from the rules that society does impose on us the "participants". one can "side-step" many of these "rules" for example, those who work for someone else have very different rules from those who are self employed. there are, in addition to the rules, protocols and styles, not necessary compulsory, but the rewards will be different. i agree with you that the more integrated to a society one is more rules will be imposed on that individual, but does that mean that one has to see life as a per se "a game". what do we lose what do we win ? material things ? what if certain "things" are not important to us...or what if its importance change over a specific period of time ? money (as a common denominator of "material things"), is a medium by which you then obtain specific goals. i would not call money a specific objective. then there are goals where money has lesser importance. and it gets more complicated from there. i believe life is more what you want it to be. a game, a journey, an adventure... i do not know, i can not categorically say, "life is a game" (or whatever), for everyone. we start from different perspectives. your views are going to be very different from mine depending on how we have perceived, the influences we received when we were children. are personal relationships (which are part of life) a game too ? not for me. i would not want to think a personal relationship where there are "winners or losers". when it comes to personal relationships i have never seeen it as a hunt for trophies. again, for me is more of a journey. and i would like to think that each stage is a part that must be enjoyed, much like when i go to a different area in our world i try to enjoy it. the smells, the colors, sights, the people (sometimes), the foods etc... there are no winners or losers. i think it really depends on each individual's perspectives what life really is. and each person will have a very different view. i think.