Snakes and Ladders

I feel the hunger to write, not to search for some precious solace…but once again, to transcribe, albeit poorly, these broken ideas which has disturbed and amused me at the same time.  Although I have a poor coat of amusement, which means that I have a rather low tolerance of boredom, I am a bit surprised to discover that I am much more entertained in doing nothing the past couple of days. Perhaps it is the result of a recent fever which was, in my theory, a confirmation of a recently concluded “war” (if I may use that term), or perhaps,  a warning of an impending one.  

Well, it has hit me once again that life, as we know it, is like playing a game of snakes and ladders – not because you win or lose some of it, but rather, technically, our life choices can be compared to that roll of the dice; we chase a goal, make a step, gamble and struggle to prepare, we raise our fist with those dreams and swesshh… after the dice come tumbling, you will instantly recognize some push or pull. It all depends on which number will turn out…1…2…3..4..step, either you chance into a ladder and step up closer to your goal, or you get bitten by a snake and you slide down.  

In life, we struggle to come out from this choking collision course of our choices and those by others – you were hired for a job which means the others will look for another, your win for a position means the loss of another : the joy of one, the sorrow of another- you turn left and you will met someone or experience something from that side.  However, it is not just this forceful circumstances that decides our life or the fate of others. There are myriads of incidents, there are many results from that roll of the dice, myriads of chance, of accident, or even of that one little step – of losing a job because the manager has to hire his nephew, of getting in the bus not knowing that in a few hours it will change your life forever, or of failing a subject merely because your instructor did not have the best day, or does not like your haircut, or of betting in a lottery the first time and waking up a millionaire---Snakes and Ladders.

Well, there are much more interesting life metaphors. A few in quotes however is obviously much more philosophical like, “life is shit’, or a shit sandwich, what it means did escape me. Perhaps the one who came out with it was really in deep shit at that time, but that is how it is, one describes life basing on how one has been living it. A rich person who has not experienced any financial twinge may describe it with some quote copied in the internet (I don’t want to know), and for us who have felt it, we say, “Life is hard”, which is true. Nagrigat biyag. But life as it goes on, we must move with it as well. It was said that the gods envy our lives because even though it is not perfect, it is still undeniably beautiful. 

These things, really, is obviously common knowledge. We contemplated about it, we feel it, we anticipate it, and we accept it…and a few decorated words cannot tell it much differently. At the bottom of it there are actually two basic choices: ‘quit’ or ‘keep going’. You quit, and you lose...nothing will change until you decide to keep moving - take note: "movement". And to all of you, who are reading this, I would like to say, ‘rock on!’ whoever you are..you..you,..and yes , you miss beautiful (haha).  I am amazed by your strength to move on. I am joyful that you continue going on even after hitting some bottom of the slides, or after getting bitten by a snake, and I promise you that even in this little note... I really wish you all the best in life. KEEP GOING.