A thought on life and videogames.

So, I had a bit of a revelation a few days back, after watching a documentary about the creation and distribution of Tetris (yes, I'm a big enough geek that I watch documentaries on videogames.) There was one key phrase made by one of the team who worked on it. "Tetris is a game which focuses on what you've done wrong, not what you've done right. The only thing that remains on the screen are your mistakes, which you then struggle to fix." I found this thought interesting, and how it applies to some people in the world. Instead of focusing on all the great things they've done, and how much they've achieved the focus on the mistakes they've made and their missed opportunities. This is not the way God wants us to see ourselves, in fact he sees us much more like Super Mario.

I know what you're thinking here, "Super Mario??? Dave, are you crazy??", well here's my explanation. To anyone who doesn't know Mario, he seems to be just a regular happy-go-lucky, run-of-the-mill plumber, with an awesome mo. When in fact, he's so much more than that, with the help of the player, Mario stomps on anything that stands in his way, rescues the princess, and saves the day. In a similar way, we can appear to be just regular people to the outside world, but with when we submit our actions and will to God, he can take us so much further, and higher than we ever thought possible. So get out there! And save the world, you're only one power-up away from your destiny!