As a kid, I always enjoyed board games. I played Monopoly for hours, Uno, Risk, Sorry and yes, even Life.
Being a child, I thought the concept of Life was simple. I didn't think about a real job, getting married, kids and retirement.
But the older I get, I realize how much a game living your life can be. I'm not talking about what events happen to you, but how your perceptions about those events fundamentally shape you.
For example, you can have a challenge enter your life and you can go with the "Woe is me" attitude or the "What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger" mentality. Your choice of how you accept what comes your way, much like which paths you choose when rolling the dice on the board game, guide you to where you want to end up.
So let the backstabbers in your life do their thing. They are petty and they don't control how you will take that experience and grow. Your critics will do their best to create calamity and ruin. The reason that they do this is because like the bad choices they made, their characters are flawed because they choose to be the victims instead of growing from their experiences.
I view challenges and criticism in a different way. I take what I can and find something constructive to do with it. Sometimes it fuels the fire to prove them wrong, other times, it helps me find critical flaws in myself and the things I do and I try to change those things that I don't like about myself.
So don't be hurt, don't cry. Yes, tears are important for healing and releasing the pain, but once you have processed what has happened, use the experience to grow, especially if the attacks are intended to change who you are.
You can fight the good fight and win the game of Life no matter what your dice roll result may be.
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