Where are you in the game? The other day someone told me that life is just a virtual reality game. He was a real estate agent and had fallen on tough times, but was determined not to give up. He had a good philosophy about the cycles and trends in the real estate market, he'd been through it before, this time he said he learned his lesson, although had participated in the speculation himself. He was leveraged to-the-hilt, at the top and dumped many properties and still is juggling things trying to save his hard fought (small) real estate empire. I say small, as compared to let's say a Donald Trump level leveraged real estate mogul. But, in the eyes of the average American, he is no small can of beans. We talked about the Game and I explained that I think that there are: * Those who play the game, * Those who watch the game in the stadium and feel part of it, * Those who watch from afar on their TV couched, * Those who control the game, * Those who referee the game, * Those who Speculate and Bet on the game, * Those who fund the game and stadium, * Those who cheer the game, * Those who give water to the game players, * Those who manicure the fields for the big game, * Those who Coach the Players of the game, * Those who set the Stage at half-time, * Those who inspect the Stadium, * Those who keep peace with the fans of the game, * Those who get paid to comment on the game, * Those who have played the game And then there are "Those" who have played, watched, cheered, funded, created and controlled the game, who now just laugh at all this sound and fury. That is my perception of it all, and we had a laugh for moment. Life is funny that way, sometimes you can't readily see it, until you step back or fly over the game in the big Good Year Blimp. So, I hope that 2008 will be your Big Good Year too! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lance_Winslow