“Don’t hate the player,
hate the game” has been one of the most overly used lines when it comes to what
people say as the “game of love” but what exactly are the odds of winning in
this game? Especially, when there are about 6 billion people living in the
world and about a hundred you encounter every single day, how is it even
possible that there is indeed only one for each one of us?
Hide and Seek
Before the so-called
“game” begins, we are all honestly playing an unimaginable game of hide and
seek. No matter how many times we say that we are all busy, too pre-occupied to
even wait and look for the “one”, let us admit to ourselves that somehow,
somewhere we are crossing our fingers that we get to find the “one”. They say
that some are hiding, while some are seeking, but the truth is we are all just
waiting for the right time to be found by the right person in the right place.
But let me tell you an ugly truth…that though there may be times that we
successfully find someone, sometimes it may be the wrong person or the wrong
time. Indeed, timing is everything, but the game does not end there, just when
you thought you already won, things can get even more complicated.
Guessing Game
Then comes the guessing
game, the hardest if not the trickiest of all games involved. Of all the games,
this is the one that is most crucial just because there is no finality. It is a
mind game, and just when you thought multiple-choice types of games or tests
were already complicated, be thankful enough to appreciate the choices present,
because in this game no choices are involved, only feelings, doubts, and a ton
on uncertainties. Guessing games often do not include yes or no’s (maybe for
the lucky ones they do), but for the rest, before you actually get an answer,
you’ll have to go through a lot of realizations, a lot of confusions and a
whole lot of sleepless nights. There are even times wherein you thought you
already got it right, as if you already knew who the killer was in that board
game called Clue, but then something or someone will surprise you along the way
and turn your decisions or answers upside down. This is even harder than
charades, because more often than not, not enough syllables are stated for you
to end up in making a decision.
Snakes and Ladders
Because this game of love is more like Snakes
and Ladders, you roll dice, try your luck but you do not always get what you
want. Sometimes, just when you were enjoying your few steps forward, a snake
a.k.a a problem comes along then suddenly you are back to square one, though
you can also get lucky. You get lucky when you roll your dice, try your luck
and suddenly end up in a position where a ladder is present and you get to a
better place. The game is open to everyone, but it is only played by the
ones willing to see their luck along the way, besides you get nowhere when you
do not roll the dice.
Cops and Robbers
Love is cliché. it is
supposed to be that way. We cringe at the thought of anything too cheesy, but
let us admit it; it is a big game of cops and robbers, robbers who steal
others’ hearts and cops who continue to chase for the ones who stole hearts.
Sometimes cops run after these robbers to claim what was once theirs, but there
are also the ones who let these robbers get away with their priced possession,
trusting them to take good care of it. More often than not, there are even
those who steal each other’s hearts but there are also those who continue to
steal, ones they can never have. It gets complicated, too complicated as they
say, when you let someone steal yours, but who knows? You might be letting
someone steal your heart because you believe enough that they deserve it more
than you do, that they might be the ones to actually carry it in their lives
with much care and compassion. Sadly, there are those who continue to run after
their robbers, believing they could regain what was once theirs but end up not
only giving a piece of themselves away, rather giving every piece of themselves
which leaves them at nothing.
Candy Crush
But just when you thought,
your game was over, an extra life comes along…Falling is part of the whole deal.
Sometimes we stumble, we get wounded, and we get scarred, but stand up and
learn from the pain because in this game, there is always an extra life. It may
not be with the same set of candies nor may it be the same type of patterns,
but you will get through it. You will stand up, and you will successfully
surpass the level.
They say love is a game,
and indeed it is, but I must say they got one thing wrong, because in love
everybody wins. Sometimes we lose, not because we failed, but because maybe it
just wasn’t our turn yet. Love is not
about the odds of winning it is about believing that we are all meant for
someone, and trust me, there will come day when you will win but the fact that
you joined the game is already a milestone to be congratulated for, because
this is a game for the brave. This is a game for those who are willing to lose
along the way, believing that an extra life will come along so that one day,
when the right time comes, there will be no more guessing games, and no more
hide and seeks, only robbers who get away with the hearts that they actually
want to call “theirs”
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