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The recent spat of negativity regarding the devs/future of the game has been getting to me.
Yesterday I took some time to really think this whole thing over. I realize that the some people may be right, we may not have a future in the game. I hope those people realize that the others who choose to believe in the future may be right.
The fact of the matter is the future is uncertain in any circumstance, not just EA Land. Anyone could get run over by a bus tomorrow, a natural disaster could stike half of us down anytime. On the other hand, any one of us could win the lottery or inherit a fortune from the aunt who got hit by a bus.
Many of us choose to live in the past. We rail against circumstance, never forget past injustices and generally refuse to get over things that hurt us. We may choose never move past a happy event, thinking we could never be that happy again so why bother.
Living in the past is useless, it cannot be changed. Living in the future is impossible as it is yet to be.
What did I learn from my musings? I must live in the now. Enjoying each and every moment the EA Land still has in store for me, be it a day a year or a lifetime. I must appreciate the gift of each new day that I get to login and see my friends. I must appreciate the fact that my passion for TSO could have ended a year ago, and that each day since was a day I would not have had if Luc and his team had not gone to the effort to save the game, even if that effort is unsuccessful.
Here is a quote that fits my views: (full article here)
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As human beings, we tend to waste our consciousness by living outside the present. In the run of the day, our thoughts are so often fixed upon either the past or the future, that the mind registers only a minimal amount of what is taking place in the 'now'. As a result of this tendency to function on autopilot, much of the wonder and beauty of life passes us by unnoticed. When we take the bus, for instance, we are more likely to spend the trip thinking about our destination than appreciating the passing scenery, even though we are gazing out the window. And how often do we find ourselves replaying the events of the day at the dinner table, mulling over 'what-ifs' and 'should-have-saids' as we chew and swallow our food absent mindedly? In fact, most of us are so intent on looking either forward or backward at life that we go through much of it as if in a dream, with a limited awareness of present reality.
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So I suggest that we change our collective viewpoint. We can learn to appreciate what we have right now knowing that everything could change at any given moment. No matter what happens we still have that moment in time to reflect on with immense pleasure.
I believe life is mostly a series of moments, its those moments that we remember and cherish later.
Remember life is what you make it and its not what happens to us that matters, its how we react to it. Live it to the fullest one moment at a time.
Thanks for reading.
Niki
Yesterday I took some time to really think this whole thing over. I realize that the some people may be right, we may not have a future in the game. I hope those people realize that the others who choose to believe in the future may be right.
The fact of the matter is the future is uncertain in any circumstance, not just EA Land. Anyone could get run over by a bus tomorrow, a natural disaster could stike half of us down anytime. On the other hand, any one of us could win the lottery or inherit a fortune from the aunt who got hit by a bus.
Many of us choose to live in the past. We rail against circumstance, never forget past injustices and generally refuse to get over things that hurt us. We may choose never move past a happy event, thinking we could never be that happy again so why bother.
Living in the past is useless, it cannot be changed. Living in the future is impossible as it is yet to be.
What did I learn from my musings? I must live in the now. Enjoying each and every moment the EA Land still has in store for me, be it a day a year or a lifetime. I must appreciate the gift of each new day that I get to login and see my friends. I must appreciate the fact that my passion for TSO could have ended a year ago, and that each day since was a day I would not have had if Luc and his team had not gone to the effort to save the game, even if that effort is unsuccessful.
Here is a quote that fits my views: (full article here)
<blockquote><hr>
As human beings, we tend to waste our consciousness by living outside the present. In the run of the day, our thoughts are so often fixed upon either the past or the future, that the mind registers only a minimal amount of what is taking place in the 'now'. As a result of this tendency to function on autopilot, much of the wonder and beauty of life passes us by unnoticed. When we take the bus, for instance, we are more likely to spend the trip thinking about our destination than appreciating the passing scenery, even though we are gazing out the window. And how often do we find ourselves replaying the events of the day at the dinner table, mulling over 'what-ifs' and 'should-have-saids' as we chew and swallow our food absent mindedly? In fact, most of us are so intent on looking either forward or backward at life that we go through much of it as if in a dream, with a limited awareness of present reality.
[/ QUOTE ]
So I suggest that we change our collective viewpoint. We can learn to appreciate what we have right now knowing that everything could change at any given moment. No matter what happens we still have that moment in time to reflect on with immense pleasure.
I believe life is mostly a series of moments, its those moments that we remember and cherish later.
Remember life is what you make it and its not what happens to us that matters, its how we react to it. Live it to the fullest one moment at a time.
Thanks for reading.
Niki