The game of life is ours

“When life gets tough, some of us feel that we’ve lost the game and life has won. But life isn’t trying to defeat you. Life isn’t even a participant—the game is yours.” Mo Gawdat

For many years, I lived in the story that it was me against the world. I was the cork equivalent in a giant ocean, at the beck and call of forces beyond my control. Life beat me. 

While we are at the beck and call of forces beyond our control, how we respond is always within our control.

Realising this is game-changing. Bad people do bad things to good people. Nature rips lives apart. Health issues arrive even when we cultivate health. We make poor choices that have terrible consequences. 

Our power is in our choice of response.

At every moment, every threshold, the game is ours to play. 

The values that define us, the non-negotiable principles that form the architecture of our life, help.

Photo Taken January 11th 2023, Article published January 11th 2026