Life's a game of NFS

The only thing that i find solace in doing in these sem hols are, playing on the comp all day long. Currently I'm hooked to "Need for Speed : Most Wanted". It's an amazing game. Graphically, the game looks great, overall. The game engine rocks and the AI is awesome. In short a very engaging game. Today when i was playing one one the races, i was loosing continually. Now that's something which doesn't happen very often. I lost ten times in a row! I was fed up and wanted to give up the race altogether. But the gamer inside kept nagging me...just one more time. I gave it a shot one more time...and i won. What had I done differently now, that I had not done earlier? Due to the repeated string of failures in a row, i knew where i was going wrong. Taking a turn I must not; acclerating when I must be slowing down, careless use of the nitro boost etc. During the eleventh attempt I applied the collective knowledge of all my failures and I won. Game over.



But it had stirred something deep within me. Something which I had felt from a long time. Life's like a game of Need For Speed. You mave have the right car and the best availible gear but small mistakes cost you the race. Always keep your eyes open to the oppurtunities that are being presented to you. If you yearn for a life less ordinary; play for the stakes. But always be calculated in your approach. When facing stiff competetion always try to emerge the leader of the pack. If the opponents are trying to tide over you kick their ass. You have to be at the right place, at the right time doing the right thing. Luck is the marriage of preperation with chance.

We learn best when we are willing students. We don’t always know when we are right in the middle of a life lesson. It is only later with time and hindsight do we realize what we learned.We are creatures that constantly change. We acquire knowledge and information as we go along. We really can’t help it. We don’t always evolve. We gather information and don’t use it wisely.Mistakes sure are the stepping stones to success.

"Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from." --Al Franken, Oh, the Things I Know, 2002

I my self had made so many mistakes all my life but have made a point never to repeat the same mistake twice.

"We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience." --George Washington, First president of US





P.S. : I never thought a comp. game could make me think so much!