Games people play

I had a thought.

Yesterday after about 2o years of my not-so short-when-you-live-it life,I bore witness to chess.
It's really hard for someone like me to play since I dont catch on to the rules and remember how much a bishop can move in which direction.

While I gave the word 'diagonal' a whole new meaning,i saw a connection between my new found love for bejewelled,long lost chess and well,what leads to love.

It's all the same you see.If you view everything as a game you have to win,you concentrate on winning.Translating this to life and lovw,no I dont think men are good enough to be won,but it's a whole new kick when they do is taken up by you.

So it depends on what move you make.Don't just think of the immediate consequences,but think of the next two moves.Be subtle,and most importantly,if you're doing really well,hide the smirk.

It is long after that the particular guy will care for you,no matter what you are so soon.It might eventually lead to that,but you gotta play it well for him to notice you first and eventually like you.Not for what you are,but what you show.

And so you play,for kicks,for attention,for love.Most of the times,most of these guys are not worth the trouble.

Then why do people play the games they do?

I shall give you this example.I know of the two books namely "The Secret" by rhonda byrne and
"The Alchemist" by Paul Coelho are the best sellers around the world.Not saying it out loud,they are self-help books with stories revolving around shephards and what not.

I don't claim to have read them,but I have a lot about these books.

The moral of the stories are that positive thinking can take you a long way.Think of what you desire and you shall get it.The universe will conspire and help you attain what you want.

The new ways of the world have already had an effect on me.Far from this,I don't think I have more than two positive thoughts in a day.These include hunger and wanting to quit my job.

Now thats positive.

With cut throat competition and filthy people at work,verchanging company,different friends at different places,the romantic past and present,you're bound to have trust issues,various genres of insecurity and a whole amount of cynicism.

Now if you were to narrate me a story of a shephard who pursues a dream of searching of pyramids for treasure, eventually fulfills it.

I mean,come on.

So what's my point?My point is,that in a way,we all play a game...to be better at work,no to be seen as the best employee and get a raise, to make a guy fall in love with you,to spend a happy life with lots of money,clothes and someone to hold your hand when you're scared at night(anacondas really scare me).

So we all need a gyan,just not from a shephard's mouth but maybe from a twenty something girl who has a boss she hates,loves designer clothes,considers her friends her soulmates and eventually gets what she deserves.Dump the alchemist and try humor and well,love in a twisted form in `Almost Single' by Advaitha Kala.

So lets continue playing