15 Games

one of the fun activities to which we have become addicted is password... the old game starring betty white and alan ludden.  the tension grew as the guesser tried to guess a word by the guesee. of course we would declare that we knew the word before the tv guest did.  of course.

part of the fun at the richey-suttles home is discarding the rules that don't work.  why go through the misery of enduring rules we don't like?  we invite guests over, sometimes suggesting that we play one or more games of password..  certainly the game is fun within itself, but the silliness and laughter that is generated adds additional enjoyment.  at the end of any round, players are free to suggest a new rule to enhance the game. but if one of us quietly slips in an additional rule, so much the better.  if the guessee fails to get the other players to guess the word, one point is deducted from that person's score.  the winner is the one who has accumulated 10 points.

just as each of us have a favorite game or two, we also have one particular life game that suits us best.  btw, life games are NOT to be equated with a fake facades or artificial impressions that we choose to use at times.  real games reflect who we really are.  most of us can with some thought, introspection, and feedback from others identify someone's life game.  my game includes just things as reflection, empathy, passion, sensitivity, and kindness with a good dose of humor, silliness, anxiety, stubbornness  and melancholy.  all of these qualities have been repeated and strengthened throughout my life. aome have served me well; others have been the source of embarrassment and shame.  but they are mine; they feel as comfortable to me as the house shoes i have worn daily for at least two years.

i now have 15  days to wait before surgery.  armed with the elements of my game, i jump into these last days with anxiety-lased confidence.  i will move on from this surgery a different person with a big chance of recovering my life..  and i will move on from this surgery the same person, armed with the same game with pliant rules.