A game of you

Hold your breath,
Look into my eyes,
And see me smile to one side,
Do you have an apocalyptic wish?

Stand at the very edge of sanity.

Feel the beat from the drums of doom,
The doomsday clock is ticking,
With five minutes to midnight,
You hear yourself breathing so deep.

Grip on tight to my hand as the moments pass.

In the final moments of the tick tock,
I’ll be there to give that added surge,
As I pull you forward,
And let you pass towards the final barrier.

Smash it.
-From this moment on to the end.

What if life was like a series of chess games and the most successful in life are those with the highest rating.

In the world, we are but pieces in a chess game, and each piece plays its own individual chess games with the moves dealt to them.

In chess, the goal of the game is to checkmate the king. Thus in real life, we have to set our goals clearly in order to know what we are working towards and how we can use the resources given to us to achieve it. Also the more one analyzes a move and how it can lead to an advantage or disadvantage, and with experience gained from each analysis, one can become faster at analyzing, as some games have a time limit to think, we may not have the luxury of time on our side to think. Thus, if time was a factor for being unable to think during the game, then post game analysis can help one to see one’s mistakes or right moves. Post game analysis of one’s life would be reflection.

With the games of chess we encounter in life, where our decisions are different stages affect the outcome greatly. From opening, middle game and end game.

In the opening or preparation, our very first actions are crucial in that they can decide whether we lose out the possible advantages, or gain the possible advantages and minimize the risk we put ourselves in. Of course, sometimes the biggest risk can also have the biggest gain, but in life, the opening is usually the most dangerous time to take risks. For example, when we first start a project, the planning and organizing is the opening, and when we plan poorly, we lose the potential that we had, same with good planning can increase the potential gained.

In the middle game, where everything has fallen into place, this is when the main fight begins. Where the exchange of pieces, whether a defense or attack are decisions made that can leave a person in a critical situation where they may be doomed or in the sure-win scenario. Because resources are always limited, how one chooses to use his resource during this part will decide a lot. Continuing with the example of a project, since a project would have a due date, the limited resource would be the amount of time has and manpower and money.

How one exchanges the time, manpower and money to achieve the goals of project is key, if one does not do it well, time will be wasted and the goal of the project may not be achieved by the due date, and thus failure.

Finally the endgame, this is often greatly decided by how well was one’s preparation and actions during the middle game which then place one in the state one is currently in during the endgame. In the endgame, the outcome is almost very clear, but is not yet final, this is when a person is tested most. Because even if one has a clear disadvantage or advantage, one hasn’t reached the checkmate yet, thus each decision in the final moves can decide a lot of things.

In an endgame, sometimes one has a chance to recover and sometimes no chance to recover, but rather prolong the end or even unable end the game, thus knowing when to concede the game or draw the game is important, lest one wastes further time invested in the game.

When one has a chance to recover, if the goal that was set earlier is very important to the person, one should do one’s best to persevere, that way, even in the face of doom and failure, and one can still have a chance to turn the tide, or at least finish it knowing one never gave up.

Unfortunately, not all games we play are fair, some start with obvious advantage or disadvantage towards us, and its up to us either equalize or turn it to our favour or simply dominate the game. That’s why some games are just doomed failures from the start, but if we were strong, sometimes, the opponent which could be different factors in life or people could falter and make mistakes, turning the impossible into possible.

That’s why, sometimes, when you give up, you truly lose, and if you don’t give up, there is always a chance no matter how small it is. Remember, that small is infinitely more than nothing. When you give up, you lose and you have no chance.

That’s why, with all the choices in life fate has dealt to us, we can’t give in to hopelessness even if it may be bleak. The strongest persevere and keep on going, reducing the possible mistakes, and increasing the advantages and putting oneself in a better position to equalize the game and eventually have the superior position.

If you keep on winning the chess games in life, you can achieve a better “rating” And become more successful in life. Being consistent and learning from each game through analysis and reflection, will allow you to become a better player in life.

When the moment seems tough,
With the pressure on your shoulders,
And you feel like your will is just about to break,
Remember that your choices are for you to make.

Each chance needs one to hold on tight.

Even when it seems unreachable,
Where you stretch towards the untouchable,
And with every inch you fought so hard for,
It just might move towards you.

So fight hard with all your might,
Cause I’m right behind you.
-Unbreakable