Pinochle / Life

We played Pinochle this past Saturday. I almost won the second game. I haven't won a game in over a year. Before the last hand, someone caught up to me. Our scores were even. Unfortunately for me, he made more points on the last hand and he won. I'm not lucky when playing cards. Thankfully, I have better luck in other areas of my life. You have to play with the hand you're dealt not only in cards, but also in life. Something I've learned to do in "life", but continue to be frustrated by in cards. By my age, you learn to roll with the punches. Since I haven't won at cards in over a year you'd think I'd have learned to live with that, well, I haven't. It's still disappointing, especially when you come so close. You may have guessed, I'm not a competitor. I don't like competing. Why? Because I usually lose. If you want to compete with me, I'd rather just step aside and let you have whatever we're competing for because you'd probably win it in the end anyway. That way I'd save myself the frustration and disappointment after all the energy I'd have spent competing. I am not a quitter, however. If I'm competing with myself in my own way and time I'll see a "thing" to the end. I tend to win more when competing with myself. So, I may never win another card game, but I like to think that I "win" in some ways in my "life". Thank you, God!