I sat in front of my computer staring at a blank Word document. I had to write a column and was feeling a case of writer’s block. So I did what any writer does when this agonizing, yet common bug hits; I procrastinated. These days, sitting in front of a computer is like sitting in front of an entire universe of world wide information, so it’s not too hard to prolong a writing assignment.
So I decided to surf the web - excuse the 1997 lingo. I skipped checking my email, bank account and school portal in favor of the latest popular social media friend site. So I jump to Friendster … I mean I cruise to MySpace … I mean I ride to Facebook. I check out my profile and am immediately treated with a female friend’s photo album titled “a crazy night,” which features 29 photos of her in the identical pose with an inter-changeable friend in each one. As crazy as it is, it doesn’t keep my interest, so I scope ESPN.com. After all, I haven’t seen SportsCenter since last night’s episode when Jon Anderson was really on his game.
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No! I’ve lost connection! After hitting the refresh button at least 48 times I come to the acceptance that my web-fueled procrastination session has been cut short. What was I to do now? I still wasn’t ready to get back into deep-thought mode.
I realized there still was another desktop feature I could waste time with: Solitaire.
Good old Solitaire, the timeless virtual card game that’s served as a decent time-passing tool for decades.
I love Solitaire. It’s actually the primary reason I’ve longed for my very own laptop. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat in class and become incredibly jealous of the student to my left who sits lost in an enthralling game of Solitaire.
“How does he not see the six of hearts is open for the five? If he puts the five on the six that totally frees up the king of spades, which has a whole row waiting for it! He’s starting a new game? I would’ve had that game in the bag. MAN I wish I had a laptop!”
Many people don’t realize this, but these desktop games are not just leisure activities to cure boredom, they also self-consciously advise important life lessons..
Why do you think they’re available on every computer? Each game is intended to subtly teach you valuable messages of morality.
Solitaire teaches you to organize all changeable life entities before moving forward with any bold decisions. Spider Solitaire identifies confidence in random occurrences; are you going to ruin your set up with the addition of a fresh row, or reveal the piece you were looking for? Mine Sweeper teaches us to double check all surrounding scenarios to assure your journey to victory is free of evil. And 3D pinball teaches us … how to play pinball.
At this point you may be asking yourself, what am I talking about? Am I really devoting an entire column to Solitaire? I just want to demonstrate how easily positive inspiration can be established. Motivation can be found all around us, you just need to keep your eyes open and eliminate negativity. Draw inspiration from the lyrics of a song you hear on your way to work. Do they speak to your personal situation?
Maybe it's just noticing a string of luck, such as consistent green lights. Is there a reason you’re getting where you need to be faster? Positive thinking brings about positive minds, which induces a positive outlook which generally develops a positive outcome.
So while you may see a simple card game used to kill boredom, I see a message of optimism. You can choose to see the things around you as they appear or you can go deeper and ponder if perhaps there’s a divine power that has put these things around you for a reason.
Does everything happen for a reason? I’d like to think so, but whether it is or isn’t, I can tell myself things are happening for whatever reason I want.
We can’t control our own destiny, unless we believe we can.
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