Play A Bigger Game

 

I came upon the book, Play Your Bigger Game, 9 Minutes to Learn, A Lifetime To Live, by Lifecoach Rick Tamlyn. It's a roadmap to living your best life and includes a gameboard, which looks a bit like Tic Tac Toe.

You can start anywhere on the board, which represents Tamlyn's plhilosophy: "Life is all made up, so why not make it up the way uyou really want?" The names on the squares express what most of us want: Create a meaningful life and have a positive impact on the world around us.

On the squares you'll find:

Hunger - you feel a powerful desire for something more, even if uyoui don't know what it is.
Compelling Purpose - you define or seek a purpose that inspires or drives you.
Comfort Zones - you feel comfortable, or even uncomfortable, but are afraid to leave for something better.
Gulp - you feel fear, possibly mixed with excitement, before the leap into change.
Investment - you look at time, money, talent, energy and work needed to make the change.
Allies - you build a support network, which can be family, friends, circumstances, other people, pets, your church...whatever helps you.
Sustainability - what you  need to sustain yuou, mentally, physicaly emotionally and spiritually for this bigger game.
Assess - ask, "How am I doing?' "Where am I." "Where do I want to go?"
Bold Action - the Center square, where you actually make the leap into your bigger game.

So if you're seeking a compelling purpose, stuck on your project, or find your New Year's Resolutions waning, this book can be an antidote. Turn them into a game, with you as the player. Or you could get some friends together for a rousing group session.

Religious Scientists will agree with Tamlyn when he says: Your life goes in the direction of the words that fall from your mouth; your life goes in the direction of the questions you ask. This is something we know, and practice as best we can.

This board game triggers questions that keep us stretching, thriving, growing and going beyond limits, self-imposed or not.

I found the book and the game helpful as I looked at my own completed book manuscript. Yes, I completed the writing, but now felt overwhelmed at the next stage--actually getting it published and having the book in my hand.

It's easier to hang out in my comfort zone at home, puttering and decluttering and watching movies. This is positive as I take care of myself and my home, but also negative as it keeps me stuck.

I see that I need to move around that board to Assess where I'm at, get over the fear of moving into unchartered waters of the publishing world, and take a big Gulp.  It's only Bold  Action that will take me into MY Bigger Game.

So are you a player who wants to play a bigger game on this plane of existence? Who, at the end of your life prefers to say, "It's been a great ride," rather than "If only...?"

Then as Tamlyn suggests, get in touch with what matters to you, ask some good questions, Gulp and move forward with Bold Action. His book provides the details on how to do this.

We are fortunate at our Center for Spiritual Living to have a loving environment, positive people who can be natural allies, and a spiritual philosophy to ground us on our journey through a meaningful life.

And so it is.