Winning Before Beginning

Rolling the dice. Beginning a game. Waiting for the crack of the starting gun. However you begin, the adrenaline is there—the excitement, the anticipation.

Before the players leave the tunnel to enter the arena, the playing field, or the pitch—before any high-stakes game is even underway—the energy is already building. The buzz is real. And it’s not unlike what happens before you enter this game of life.

Before stepping into the tiny body or form of your chosen existence, your team—your soul team—huddles and strategizes. Not for a win, per se (because it’s all a win), but for the how. The how you’re going to play for maximum effectiveness. The how you’re going to experience all you desire, while enjoying every moment of it.

It’s like the game of the empty buggy, where you race to fill it with as many groceries or treasures as you can before time runs out. That’s this life. You come into it with an empty cart, and the joy is in filling it—moment by moment—before the illusory time clock signals the round is done.

Play the game of life with that understanding. With that knowing that you can’t get it wrong, and you have nothing to prove. And when you arrive at the finish line, it’ll be high fives all around.

You will make it—regardless. You’ll just strategize further for your next round, this time placing even more clues for yourself. Ones that, before the next game begins, will feel so obvious.

This game is meant for remembering. For participating and playing. Those déjà vu moments, those bursts of alignment—you are where you’re meant to be.

Always guided. Always cheered. You are magnificent.

You prepared and planned like the well-trained athlete you are. Trust that you’re meant to enjoy all of it—the bumps and bruises, the challenges and the thrills. Because if a game had no meandering, no surprises, you wouldn’t play. What would be the point?

Absorb it all. Experience it fully. Look at life with wonder instead of shrinking from it.

You are meant to shine. To be a light for yourself and others.

Play hard or play easy—your choice. You’re already a winner.