Scion of NLP

Kenny Rogers was a country and western singer that my dad listened to growing up, and I always remember a song he wrote about a gambler …

“…ya gotta know when to hold’em … know when to fold’em … know when walk away … and know when to run …”

Today it seems funny now how many people I can think of in my past who used a poker analogy to explain situations in life. From all the gems of wisdom that were bestowed upon me from those people I can pretty much sum it all up as follows;

• If life is a game, it’s a lot like playing poker at a casino.
• No matter how the cards are cut, you can only play the hand which life deals you.
• The optimist will tell you that any hand can win if you’re able play it right.
• The pessimist will say that no matter how good your hand you’ll lose if you can’t read the other players’ ‘tells’.
• People favored by lady luck will assume everyone gets cards as good as theirs.
• People who get the short deal over half the time will realize lady luck plays a much bigger role in success & failure than others may like you to believe.
• And anyone enlightened enough to become aware of the looming realization that, in the end, the house will eventually always take it all — well … if you fight it, it’s called living … when you accept it, it’s called depression … and if you accept it but just don’t give a damn … well, I call that zen.

  (*that’s my perspective anyway!*)

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