The Game (The Game is Life, #1)

by Terry Schott

“Our world seems to be addicted to the easy way of things. Unfortunately, what seems easy at first almost always ends up causing pain, suffering, and loss. Why do I get fat and sick when I eat tasty junk food? Why must I perform painful exercise to stay healthy and in shape? Why do I have to sacrifice so much of my time studying in order to improve my intelligence? These are the types of questions that no school teaches us, and the answer is simple. It doesn’t matter why, that’s just the way it is. If you want to breathe air, then you can’t lay on the bottom of a pond. If you desire wealth, you can’t sit in front of your television screen and expect it to find you. If you want to learn how to play a musical instrument, you must pick it up and spend thousands of hours practicing. A sense of entitlement is a serious affliction

which affects the majority of people living both inside and outside of the Game. Your life will improve dramatically when you stop expecting the world to hand over its treasures to you simply because you want them.”