Did You Get the Memo?

The one about life...and how it can just hit you in the face one day like a jackhammer and you can hardly breathe because it's that overwhelming. The worst part is that you probably won't even see it coming. I mean of course some of us will say we totally saw it coming, but it's called the hindsight bias (look it up), you never see it coming.

Welcome to the game of life, where I always feel like I'm a late comer. The other players turn their heads and occasionally shout advice at me but they passed my spot eons ago. I did meet a player who actually slowed down to show me the ropes though, and it was a mutually beneficial experience. We traded perspectives: Veteran to novice, vice versa. He showed me a speedier route in grasping this game, while I showed him how fun it can be to play the game. Unfortunately we have hit a spot in the game where we had to take separate routes and now I have to get the hang of things by myself again. But I will always appreciate the crash course and hopefully he will always remember that the only way to play this game is to have fun with it.

Apparently this game is full of twists and turns, roads converge, diverge, reconverge, rediverge, you get the point. I may be late coming into the game, then I'll just take my time and have fun with it.