Games

Games are a lost relationship builder. I don’t mean video or other electronic games and I don’t mean social group-building with strangers around the world. I mean, a quality-time engaging activity to do with family, friends, and loved ones. So often we let media wash over us. Even when we watch a movie or show with family or friends, it is a relaxing, shared experience but little less. Sometimes, we get drawn into a show or feature film and discuss it with those we watched it with, but even the it’s a rather passive endeavor. Board, card, and other hands-on games tend to teach you new skills – whether logic, math, statistics, economics, vocabulary, trivia, social, creative, etc… They also tend to teach you new things about the people you play with. Isn’t it fun to keep learning about those in your life you thought you knew best?

All these philosophical musings courtesy of Catan – Settlers and Struggle both. It’s been wonderful to play more games with people I love lately (fiends, family, and a variety of games, not just the Catans). It’s also been wonderful to read more, both for school (more discipline this quarter) and for fun! I’m general I’ve been feeling more content, happier… Maybe it’s a sort of ripening with age.

Oh, I’m extra sentimental tonight. My love and I are enjoying a beautiful extended weekend/mini-vacation in the place we called home for two years, the place we slowly grew to love, and where we fell even deeper in love with each other. Yeah, I’m decidedly a sap.