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A good football game can have us all on the edge of our seats especially the top four playing each other. All of my life I’ve been a proud supporter of Liverpool FC. So I guess I should be feeling gutted right now, because I've just witness our bitter rival winning the league again. Obviously there is some disappointment but while we always remained hopeful, I think deep down we all knew weeks back that this would be the likely outcome.

(The people in the Baywatch Bar are focused on a football game being shown on ESPN)

I realize football games are all about the glory, pain and the play-by-play. And then there are the more solitary games. The games we each play all by ourselves. The social games, the mind games, we use them to pass the time to make life more interesting. To distract us from what’s really going on.

There are those of us that love to play games. Any game. They love challenges. They love the risk. And there those of us who love to play… a little too much, playing hard and fast. I believe life is not only a spectator sport but it's how you determine it or how you do it. Win, lose or draw, the life game is in progress. Whether we want it to be or not.

So go ahead. Argue with the referees. Change the rules. Play it hard. Cheat a little. Take a break. And tend to your wounds and continue again. But when you play, you play … Play hard. Play fast. Play loose and free. Play as if there is no tomorrow. You have only one life, why not do something?

Okay, so the game it’s not whether you win or lose. It’s how you play the game. Right?

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