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24evita · 08-14-2008, 09:45 PM

Steve's article is definitely inspiring and made me think about how I play the money game myself. I am definitely not like Kyle, or Erin, but I am not where Steve and his daughter are either.

I grew up with the typical mind set that was unfortunately ingrained in me that money is hard to come by, you don't take chances with it, losses are terrible things, etc, etc... you get the point.

Thank goodness i started to change and dissolve away that mindset slowly over the past few years and am really motivated to get up to par since the past few months. So yeah, I agree, money is just another game in life, although I am still not doing jumping jacks if some losses happen, I am really happy with the ease and direction that my alignment has been taking me in.

On another note a quick comment too regarding Bruce's part 2 comment above, where he states the following:

"Of course, you (of all people) don't need me to tell you how to raise your kids, but I honestly believe there's a very good change that Kyle's life--and the lives of many other children, and adults, too--would be better with a bit of Street Fighter in it. I particularly recommend Street Fighter II Super Turbo HD Remix that is, conveniently, coming out in beautiful high definition, with all new redrawn art by Udon (the guys who draw the Street Fighter comics), online multiplayer on Xbox live and PSN, and re-balanced gameplay by expert-game-balancer, David Sirlin, yet with all of the goodness of the original Street Fighter II Super Turbo. "

I think personal development is only successful if it is balanced in all areas of one's life. Hence why are we after violent video games? If we treat life like some war where people need to be trampled on and beat up then I think we are moving backwards not forwards, no?

I don't know, I just feel there are so many better, compassionate and empathetic ways to develop various life skills and violent video games just don't seem to cut it. At a time where the age of awareness is upon us and more and more people are even taking up vegetarianism as they see the madness in inflicting pain on animals, we should be way past any kind of visual, physical or other acts of violence against humans.

08-14-2008, 09:45 PM	#18 (permalink)
24evita Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 66	Steve's article is definitely inspiring and made me think about how I play the money game myself. I am definitely not like Kyle, or Erin, but I am not where Steve and his daughter are either. I grew up with the typical mind set that was unfortunately ingrained in me that money is hard to come by, you don't take chances with it, losses are terrible things, etc, etc... you get the point. Thank goodness i started to change and dissolve away that mindset slowly over the past few years and am really motivated to get up to par since the past few months. So yeah, I agree, money is just another game in life, although I am still not doing jumping jacks if some losses happen, I am really happy with the ease and direction that my alignment has been taking me in. On another note a quick comment too regarding Bruce's part 2 comment above, where he states the following: "Of course, you (of all people) don't need me to tell you how to raise your kids, but I honestly believe there's a very good change that Kyle's life--and the lives of many other children, and adults, too--would be better with a bit of Street Fighter in it. I particularly recommend Street Fighter II Super Turbo HD Remix that is, conveniently, coming out in beautiful high definition, with all new redrawn art by Udon (the guys who draw the Street Fighter comics), online multiplayer on Xbox live and PSN, and re-balanced gameplay by expert-game-balancer, David Sirlin, yet with all of the goodness of the original Street Fighter II Super Turbo. " I think personal development is only successful if it is balanced in all areas of one's life. Hence why are we after violent video games? If we treat life like some war where people need to be trampled on and beat up then I think we are moving backwards not forwards, no? I don't know, I just feel there are so many better, compassionate and empathetic ways to develop various life skills and violent video games just don't seem to cut it. At a time where the age of awareness is upon us and more and more people are even taking up vegetarianism as they see the madness in inflicting pain on animals, we should be way past any kind of visual, physical or other acts of violence against humans.