Wisdom In A Game

I learned something very valuable from my youngest son when he

was 8 and it happened as we were sitting playing Super Mario on his

Nintendo one night.. I was getting FRUSTRATED trying to get Mario past

the stupid creature and jump over this and swing across that! And I

thought…. This is suppose to be fun??!! So, I broke down and begged

Cory to just get me past this part of it lol

With his little fingers working the controls at the speed of

light, he tried this way.. and that way.. and when that didn’t work, he

went another route that just made me wanna scream ” Mannnn, you are not

gonna be able to get past it going THAT way!” But… as always, Cory

got through the level. As I watched him, I gritted my teeth trying to

figure out how he could do it and I had such a time with it… This was

suppose to be fun, right?

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks! Cory was doing what children

do so well.. he was taking risks! It didn’t matter if the route he was

taking was ” logical”. He was simply, without a second thought, taking

chances. He was simply having fun and trying different ways to get to

his goal.. the next level.

We lose alot of important aspects of life when we become adults.

We gain that fear of failure, that others will see us as such and not

willing to take a chance.. of taking that leap of faith. If we find we

cannot get across those obstacles in what appears to be the ” only

way”, we simply give up. I found and collected some wonderful wisdom

from an 8 year old child who was just doing what comes natural to them.

Amazing the things that can be taught to us and often by the smallest

of creatures.. in the most unexpected ways.