Trouble
It’s the kind of trouble that we all get ourselves into when we think that we completely understand the game. When we’ve got the rules down pat and they seem to change, or we seem to forget them, or we begin only to play by the ones that we like.
It’s the kind of trouble that we get into when we think we’re the best at the game, when we start feeling like we can’t lose. When the odds are so stacked in our favor that we become reckless and lose sight of our opponents. It’s the kind that starts out with us thinking that we’re so far ahead that no one could possibly catch up.
It’s the kind of trouble that we all get ourselves into when we think we’re so terrible at the game that there’s no point in playing it. When we’ve lost so many times in the past that we believe that it’s just not our game. It’s the kind that makes us bow out gracefully.
It’s the kind of trouble we get into when the game changes completely, and everything is foreign, and everything seems unfair. The kind that makes us fear the game we’re playing and long for the one that we played last week with the people we knew back then. The kind that makes us wish for the moment when we know what we’re doing, when we’re winning.
It’s a new game, Sally. Learn the rules or free the chair.
Fin.
Man, sometimes I love these hour long photo stories and sometimes they’re super painful. This one was pretty fun. I love when they go in an odd direction that I don’t mean for them to. It’s like being a criminal investigator trying to figure out where the words are leading you. Sometimes they really suck, but I’m okay with that too.
I really wanted to tell the true tale of this picture for this post, but one of my rules is that I can’t premeditate the post. I have to let it go where it wants to go. On Christmas, my cousins and I made up new rules for Trouble and added a special “Rock, Paper, Scissor” match every time your peg hit another player’s peg. Then we had to play it on speed mode because Christmas dinner was on in five minutes. So we’re all popping the button, hitting each other, and having lightning RPS matches, giggling all the while. It was purdy cute.
Anywho, you got any photo stories you’d like to share? Bring it!