The Game

I find that with each passing day the time I spend online diminishes...I wonder if I will ever get to the point of not coming here anymore.

This online world I created for myself has really changed throughout the years.  I can recall the naivety of my youth as I navigated though it.  

I have learned a lot of hard lessons about myself and others in this place.  

I believe that you need to challenge yourself in life in order to grow and I know this online world can be very challenging at times...not the fundamentals just the emotional baggage that comes from the drama.

The online world is like a horror show, it makes your heart pound and your pulse quicken but no matter how scared your are...you still don't look away.

You learn that people guard their true selves behind self-created masks.  The masks tend to be extreme, depicting images too good or bad to be true...so you walk this world with skepticism or distrust.

I have been charmed by the best charlatans and I was reeled in hook, line and sinker.  I have never regretted my choice to venture here but I have noted the time I have lost wrapped up in this online world.

My life is just different now...not better or worse.  I came online originally to play a game of chess...and I discovered chatting between the chess moves until I disregarded the game and focused on the conversations instead...now I look around years later and I have to wonder...do you want to play a game?