The Game of Life

People who have left their mark on you—
whether energetically through thought and memory,
through a small upturned lip,
or through a physical mark left behind for your future finding—
all serve in the reminding of you to who you truly are.

You leave impressions and waypoints for yourself prior to embodying in this physical life,
so that you may remember—
regather even an inkling of who you truly are:
the full form, the whole,
not merely the role or character you came to experience.

It is the game of life…
the true game of life.

Why would you choose to forget, only to play at remembering?

For the experiences.
For the growth.
For the evolution into more and more.

All of us—each of us—are connected,
and so we all grow from it.

Whether through contrast and opposition
or camaraderie and similarity that draw your focus,
each experience causes expansion within the whole.

The markers left behind—
whether words or impressions—
become guideposts for others.

Even down to the final marker upon your place of rest,
you continue to influence and affect others for eternity,
while continuing on your own evolution through lives.