Life

I think I have this thing call life figured out.

Sure, it took many, many years, and after successive failed attempts to decipher it, pouring through books and articles on faith, religion, Zen, self-sacrifice etc, I think I have it figured out.

No, it is not 42.

Life is a game, not just any other game, but a RPG (roleplaying game) one.

In a RPG, you start off weak, naked (well maybe a loincloth), a wooden stick perhaps and off you go, to kill some low level weak trash, like a mouse, or a cockroach. As you kill them, you gain experience points, gain some better armour or weapons, and in time, you gain a level. As you kill bigger monsters, you get even more powerful, gain even more levels, better gear, so that you can go out and kill even bigger monsters. And the cycle repeats itself. Until you get to the demi-god levels.

In life, it is the same. You start off knowing nothing. You go to school, armed yourself with the best spells and skills, go out and gain experience (through having a job, not killing someone of course). You get paid peanuts, but with experience gained, you get paid more, you go out and buy better items for yourself (like a new car, or a expensive apartment beside the sea), and you realised you want more, so you go out and gain even more experience, and the cycle repeats. Just like in a RPG.

It sure makes it easier to go through my life now that I had this figure out. Working 12 to 15 hours a day? Nothing to it, I am just farming for honor points or gold. Facing a demanding client? I am just having a bit of trouble killing a big boss. Falling sick after working non stop for more than a year? A potion of cure poison will cure that.

And of course, when it is pay day, it is just the loot I deserved after battling and overcoming a dragon guarding its treasure at the end of the long and dark dungeon.

However, there is still some minor part left that does not fit in. Where does love fits in? I do not recall playing any RPG that has any significant love in it. Unless it has to do with female night elves blood elves (someone insisted blood elves are hotter).