Just sharing an article on Planksip.org that talks about how we are living our lives as though playing a game of checkers rather than international chess. In checkers, we often make quick decisions on the next move as a reactionary approach versus chess where every move has to be evaluated in advance.
The same rule applies in life – we often choose the easy way out when our projects go awry, when our superiors/colleagues disagree with what we say, when our children are unhappy what Papa/Mummy has to say.
Let’s aim to live life in a manner that all our actions are carefully deliberated, as though we are playing chess, and perhaps sprinkled with prayer that it will work together for good….
