#left in a game with no winnable solution

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Wait people do this for movies other than Saw? I thought we only did this for Saw!!!

a lot of these snarky “if i ended up [situation from a horror movie] i would simply let the horrors kill me” posts are just a refusal to engage with the story, but i saw one about the saw franchise and like. can you actually imagine how mad that would make jigsaw. choosing to sit still and let the saw trap kill you is not only a power move, but also is the only power move capable of genuinely fucking jigsaw up. get him in the ideology

[qiu-yan]

stupid idea for a MDZS fanmade visual novel:

you play as jin zixuan. after a long series of various events and misunderstandings, you come to understand that your acquaintance jiang yanli, who you once wrote off as average, is in fact a perfect soul who you desperately want to marry. the only problem now is that she 1. is still convinced that you hate her, 2. probably hates your loser ass too, and 3. is surrounded by men and women who are far more qualified to date her than you are. #1 and #2 can hopefully be resolved eventually with enough time, effort, and apologies.....but #3 seems to render that impossible, since if you're not careful any one of these "more qualified" bachelor/ettes might snap her up first!!!!!

you immediately identifies wei wuxian as your biggest threat, because from your (jin zixuan's) pov, wei wuxian is jiang yanli's male childhood friend who she super dotes on. after seeing how close they are, you are initially almost ready to give up - except then you find out that lan wangji is gay and in love with wei wuxian, and thus realize that you can eliminate wei wuxian as a threat if wangxian get together. 

you then realize that this also applies to everyone else you see as a romantic threat. so, because you are a problem solver, you come up with a solution: before any of jiang yanli's friends can make a move on her, you will find a way to pair them all off with each other. that way, they will all be too busy dating each other and your path to yanli's heart will be (relatively) clear. 

so instead of being a dating sim, the objective of the visual novel is to help all the various side couples involving yanli's friends get together, so none of them can threaten xuanli. 

ideally, the game will let you freely choose which couples to push together, so there will be a wide variety of routes and endings.

("jiang yanli's friends" in this game is just the set that includes all the mdzs characters more commonly shipped with each other. jiang cheng is there, but he's yanli's brother so he's not a threat. so zixuan's strategy for him is just to keep him available on the side, so he can be paired up with whoever's left over after all the other matches have been made but is still a high enough threat.)

jin zixuan's threat assessments (accuracy not guaranteed):

extremely high:

wei wuxian

high:

nie mingjue (bc of his muscles)

lan xichen (bc he's popular)

wen qing (bc even straight girls would go lesbian for her)

medium:

wen ning (he seems too timid for dating)

nie huaisang (he seems more interested in hookups than dating)

jin guangyao (my own half-brother wouldnt betray me....right?)

low:

mianmian (she's my friend so she wouldn't betray me. also she seems interested in someone else (mr. mianmian))

lan wangji (gay, uninterested in women)

su minshan (too much of a hater)

jiang cheng (brother) 

conditions for victory:

wei wuxian must be paired with someone.

everyone from the high-risk group is paired off.

a maximum of 1 person from the medium-risk group is left unpaired; everyone else from the medium-risk group is paired off.

yanli approval score (explained below) is above a certain threshold.

you do not need to pair up anyone from the low-risk group in order to win; the low-risk group is there purely to help you. pairing off people in the high- and medium-risk group is necessary not because they are actually a threat to xuanli, but rather because jin zixuan will only feel secure enough to confess once almost all of his perceived romantic rivals have been removed.

some game notes:

throuples are allowed.

while wangxian is the most straightforward way to eliminate wei wuxian as a threat, the game also allows for other wei wuxian pairings. in other words, you as the player can betray lan wangji by pairing wei wuxian up with someone else instead - in which case the game is still winnable (ie. jin zixuan can still get together with jiang yanli, which is the victory condition), but you also unlock a special CG of lan wangji crying.

the achievement of the victory condition is decided not just by whether or not you successfully pair everyone else up, but also by a hidden metric called the yanli approval score. this is calculated by your interactions with wei wuxian, jiang cheng, and jiang yanli herself as the game continues: if you are kind to them, then the score goes up, and if you are rude to them, then the score goes down. if your yanli approval score is low enough upon the game's end, then yanli will still refuse to date zixuan even if you've successfully paired everyone else off.

notably, attempting to pair jiang cheng up with someone and then failing nets you a severe yanli approval score demerit, while successfully pairing up jiang cheng with someone nets you a high yanli approval score increase. interestingly, pairing chengxian together nets you the highest increase in yanli approval score.

if you get nielan together and then do not pair up jin guangyao with anyone, then the game gives you the option of putting in the hard work to help him network. it is highly recommended that you take this option, as if you do not, jin guangyao will expose to jiang yanli everything you as jin zixuan have done in the least flattering terms possible, which will make yanli unwilling to date zixuan and will net you a game over.

if you get xiyao together and then do not pair up nie mingjue with anyone, then the game gives you the option of putting in the hard work to find him a hobby. it is highly recommended that you take this option, as if you do not, nie huaisang will push jin zixuan into the traffic and you will get a game over.

if you intend on pairing up jiang cheng with anyone other than wei wuxian himself, then wei wuxian will run interference against you; a successful strategy therefore must include anti-wei-wuxian measures. this remains true even if you previously helped wangxian get together, because wei wuxian is an ungrateful bastard.

if you intend on pairing up jiang cheng with lan xichen, then both wei wuxian and lan wangji will run interference. because of this, the xicheng route is probably the hardest route involving jiang cheng in the entire game; to compensate for this, the xicheng route also has the second-most CGs (after wangxian).

if you get jin guangyao together with someone, then he will offer his assistance to you for the rest of the game. this translates into additional stats, intel, and information on who likes who the most, which will make the rest of your run easier.

if you get nie mingjue together with someone, then nie huaisang will offer his assistance to you for the rest of the game as well. nie huaisang offers the same assistance as jin guangyao above, but he also includes his own commentary and opinions.

you (as jin zixuan) cannot date anyone else. sorry zixuan x other shippers, this is a xuanli game.

[fossadeileonixv]

Opening day Q and A!

Let’s go!

FYI Q AND A IS OPEN TIL KICKOFF!!!

First up is our resident graphic genius Gillis:

- will there be any drop off at GK? Like real tangible drop off and not broken-hearted Italian goggles drop off

NO. Maignan will play great all year. there will be a game or two where his mistakes will cost us, but that happens to the best of keepers. His quickness and skill in distribution will be a revelation.

- will the fullbacks combine for 10+ goals?

Easily. Theo gets at least 10, Calabria gets 5 and the supporting cast will grab a few more. 20 is even possible. That would have been UNTHINKABLE during the banter era. 

- who gets the captain’s armband?

I guess today it’s Calabria. going forward it’s gotta be Kessie with I think Kjaer and Calabria as vice captains.. 

- Milan finished with 79pts last season. Are you taking the over the r under that number for this season?

Oh boy. Considering how galactically bad the bottom half of the table is this year I will go over. Gonna need 80+ to stay in the top 4.

Next up is Matt from Connecticut:

- Who is your ideal RW as that’s the biggest weakness in the XI

Saelemaekers! DUH! Seriously though I get it. It’s a sore spot in the lineup that needs addressed. Florenzi is a fun little band aid but nothing long term. I was really digging Shomorudov but now he’s at Roma. Can i have Chiesa? No? Ok. Within Serie A I’d talk to Samp while we are there about Damsgard. I know he’s a LW and AM but i would gladly take a guy like that, put him on the right and let him cook. He can bomb in inswinging crosses all day to Giroud/Ibra and he’s great on set pieces. Outside Serie A? The Bernardo silva runors are just that, but i’d love him. Completely insane idea that might start a rumor? Sane from Bayern. He has NOT been a great fit there and perhaps they could be talked into sending him on loan for a year? 

Next up is my co-host TR:

- Is Cagliari getting relegated? 

They barely survived last year with Diego Godin dragging them to safety.  Thing is there are 10 teams battling for the drop. I say they survive.

Next up is looooooong time reader Ralph:

- Will we finally break the #9 kit curse??

YES! Giroud puts in 20+ goals this year across all competitions. If old man Ibra can do what he did I think Giroud will do even better. Prepare to buy yourself a Giroud jersey by the end of the season. 

Next up is our man from south of the equator, Frank!

- If we ended our mercato activities with the Pelegri, Florenzi and possible Baka signings, how does your season predictions change? You predicted Milan finishing in 3rd.

I’m still on board with that. Those three guys give us depth at the positions we have in need, especially the MF. I think Florenzi is a great spot player. Bold prediction? Saelemaekers pots 10 this year. 

- Bernado Silva to Milan in a potential 53m deal... where does this rumour fall in your mercato possibilities index? 1 for extreme bullshit, 5 for meh and 10 for very possible.

Is 0 possible? that really ticks every box on the Transfer BS Detector. In fact it just caught on fire. dammit! 

- Who are you getting as the starting TQ if you were the sporting director?

I think Diaz is the starter. If I’m Maldini I start calling about pushing for a loan for James Rodriguez on loan right now. I was really pining for Sabitzer but that isn’t happening.

- How do you like the 4-4-2 that Pioli's been flirting with? 2 strikers upfront tactical flexibility and its applicability in Serie A. Any chance we see Milan playing wingbacks this season?

I think that is a VERY viable plan B for us. It’s the best way to get 3 of our mids on the field at the same time and could be very dangerous. We have a lot of pieces that can play in multiple spots. 4231 relies on very defined roles. 442 is more flexible. 

- On Milan's CL ambitions. Where are you on this in our 2021-22 campaign? Simply giving a good account of ourselves, or coming out of the group stages or just a strong 3rd placed finish that sends us to the Europa where we push hard for something?

Knockout stage is fine. Anything else is gravy. Of course it will hurt when we go out and folks will say we aren’t a big club anymore but we must have perspective. 

- Milan's 3rd kit, what sayeth thou.. complete eye sore, wearable or just ok?

Yuck. I liked the blue last year. take a chance. have some fun. Nothing is forever. 

- What do you think we'd need to win a scudetto in terms of improvements? A budget solution to make it interesting would be ok.

If Maldini can pull a second TQ out of the sky that is as good or better than Brahim I believe the sky is the limit. I truly believe we are good enough everywhere else to pull it of. 

- When is Avia getting us a pre-season WAGS post? Asking for someone....

DUDE. That is the preseason preview we REALLY NEED. Avia?? Where are you????

Next up is nine:

How long is sleepy Rebic gonna take to get going this season

Christmas for sure. 

Next up is loyal reader Alf3dwards:

What are the chances of a 20+ game win streak this season too? Or will we pick things up where we left off last season when the wheels were almost falling off?

Considering we are playing game 1 without Kessie or Bennacer i wouldn’t bet on a red hot start. Samp is no joke. We also get Lazio week 3 and Juve week 4. After that we have a nice stretch of winnable games. This season has a lot of landmines with CL and then AFCON as well. 

Will Kessie ever sign his contract?

Yes. #IMIT

Was Noglu holding out on us?

No. Didn’t he have the game winner in the opener last year before vanishing for 2 months? F that guy. 

See you all in a bit for the matchpost!

FORZA MILAN!

Lisi

PS: feel free to add any more questions in the comments below and I will promptly answer right up til kickoff!

[smilingshroud]

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chaos on parade

(Part 1)

(Part 2)

(Part 3)

(Part 4)

So, as I was going through writing about my dota experiences, there was one topic I glanced over despite really wanting to write about it. I alluded to it briefly in the second post, but it was a bit of a long digression in what was already an overly long post, so I decided I’d save it for a bonus at the end. And now that I’m done, I can finish off with this!

There’s not a non-terrible way to say this, but I’ve always been fascinated by griefing in cooperative games, even though I’ve rarely done it myself. On some level, I suspect it stems the same sense of “cheating the rules” as sequence breaking and similar glitches, albeit expressed in a way that’s rather ignoble. To me, actually doing it is too cruel and seems like it would get boring quickly, since as an act it tends to be one-sided (that is, the players being griefed can’t really respond in a meaningful or productive way). But it definitely had a lot of interesting consequences for the game as it went through early stages of development.

The Warcraft 3 game engine didn’t really have prevention against for most kinds of griefing appearing in Dota Allstars, a fact which became extremely clear as the designers struggled to actually prevent as many of them as possible. One, of course, was fundamentally unavoidable, since Warcraft 3 didn’t have a reconnect or player-replacement protocol: people just leaving the game. Many people would do it immediately on the map’s loading, simply leaving a 4v5 game, and often the game wouldn’t restart due to how time-consuming it would be to try again just to have another chance of the same thing happening. Occasionally a player from the opposing team would drop, leaving a 4v4 game, although in some way it often wasn’t really necessary. In mid 5.xx, the overall game balance, lower player skill, and lack of emphasis on team dynamics in the design meant that if you were the strongest player in the game even a 3v5 was perfectly winnable (plus, you could make money faster, giving an extra advantage). Of course, this frustrated players to no end still, especially as the game evolved and these became less true, and as a result many people hosting games ran a mod program to detect IPs and names of players who had “ruined” games (definition left up to the user...) and kick them automatically before they could do anything.

A somewhat more solvable but extremely pernicious problem arose from Warcraft 3′s lack of a native “no friendly fire” setting. While in some ways this informs the game design even now, it was quite common originally for griefers to just...attack allied heroes. That was it, at first. You pressed A for attack, then you clicked on your teammate and they would either have to run away or die. The first attempt at curbing this involved summoning a dummy unit to “hex” (in the context of Warcraft and Dota, this specifically means “turning into a small creature which can’t move quickly or attack”) a hero attacking their teammate’s hero, but since it only activated on actual striking it was possible in many cases to still slowly wear someone down. Still, it briefly curbed the incidence of that kind of griefing...until the (obvious) discovery that one hero was able to circumvent it freely: the Omniknight, who could cast a spell-immunity buff on himself, even at level 1.

Even now it’s a little terrifying when a teammate picks him. Especially if he goes to my lane. (Although in the current meta I’m not thrilled when enemies pick him either.)

Eventually, the scripting was rigged up so that if you tried to attack a friendly hero (or anything else on your team that wasn’t eligible for denies) it would just get interrupted, and that was that. And fortunately this proved straightforward enough to extend to other player-controlled entities, since there was a long period where it was possible to grief the game extremely efficiently with summon-based heroes like Prophet. You could literally just make treants and then start attacking your own base. (The invulnerability buff on base buildings prior to the destruction of previous tiers of towers didn’t exist at this time, so you could pretty much just go right in. This fact unsurprisingly also led to many people complaining about “backdooring”, or destroying buildings without properly pushing the lanes, and I’m incredibly happy that the devs never caved all the way, adding various protections against especially degenerate forms but still very much allowing high-risk plays as an option for pulling out a tough game.)  And for a brief period of time, you couldn’t even kill a player on your team who was doing this, due to the other changes...

I know by now I’ve pointed out a lot of what could generously be called “dubious” design decisions in Dota, but there’s no way I could ever consider it complete without bringing up what could well be the worst example of all: Morphling. In its original incarnation, Morphling’s ultimate ability allowed them to impersonate a member of the other team, along the lines of the Team Fortress spy. It was supposed to have a similar high damage effect when you suddenly “betray” them, too, although as I recall this aspect did not work properly at any point in its existence and even if it had, was certainly never going to be what the ability was used for.

For the duration of the impersonation effect, the player using Morphling was essentially changed into a copy of the other player as well, with their name and color changed in the in-map chat, and their team chat likewise being switched to the other team. Which on some level was a hilarious and impressively comprehensive design effort, but also very directly enabled abuse and really contributed nothing positive to the game. (I suppose that allowing the Morphling player to continue talking to their own team is tantamount to a clumsy maphack, but there are all sorts of reasons this isn’t a good solution to that issue, either.) Plus, while Morphling couldn’t directly use the copied hero’s normal attacks to kill enemy heroes in the same way that griefers could kill their team, he could abuse summons in the same way, which obviously isn’t fighting your own team but still basically cheating. It was honestly a huge relief when the skillset was finally reworked; like Pudge, the hero became stronger overall and much less terrible for the game as a whole.

Despite all this, I’d say aggressive griefing (that is, not the leaving kind) wasn’t that prolific. As I mentioned before, I feel like most players were in the game because they really wanted to go off with their favorite hero and win the game, and “dishonorable” play simply stole that feeling away from them. But the griefing remains memorable to me because it’s something I find inherently interesting and it evolved through time as it became less and less straightforward to do.

[megadarkbouquettidalwavethings]

Southampton 0-0 Stoke City – BBC Sport

Southampton finished the match on top but failed to find a breakthrough

Stoke manager Paul Lambert feels his side have the “momentum” heading into the final nine games of the season, after drawing with Southampton.

The Potters are above only West Brom in the Premier League, and were indebted to goalkeeper Jack Butland at St Mary’s.

But the draw means they have lost just one of their six games under Lambert, after losing six of the eight before that.

And they are only one point behind Southampton, who are in the first position of safety.

“Credit to the team, a few months ago we would have lost it,” said Lambert, who replaced Mark Hughes in January. “It was fantastic.

“Look at the table and three points takes you to 13th, I think. Momentum is with us. But a big credit to the team for that.”

Saints’ failure to score meant Stoke kept an away clean sheet in the league for the first time in 10 matches.

The hosts slipped to just one place above the relegation zone after Butland denied Josh Sims, Cedric Soares and Nathan Redmond in the second half.

And Stoke were fortunate Saints substitute Sofiane Boufal failed to find the target with a free header with his first touch.

Who have Stoke got left to play? Manchester City (h), Everton (h), Arsenal (a), Tottenham (h), West Ham (a), Burnley (h), Liverpool (a), Crystal Palace (h), Swansea (a)

Brilliant Butland keeps Saints at bay

The draw edged the Saints a point clear of 18th place but meant they set a new Premier League club record by going eight consecutive home matches without a win.

Southampton found Butland on his best form, particularly in the second half, but Boufal should have given the England goalkeeper no chance.

Southampton 0-0 Stoke City: ‘We deserved something more from the game’ – Pellegrino

He had only just replaced Sims on 76 minutes when he failed to divert Nathan Redmond’s cross on target from just outside the six-yard area.

Saints had 15 corners compared to just four from Stoke, and failed to convert having 65% of possession into goals.

That underlines the fact they are missing Charlie Austin, with the striker still sidelined by a hamstring injury.

Austin has scored six goals this season – and had five in his previous seven games before getting injured against Huddersfield just before Christmas.

Who have Saints got left to play? Newcastle (a), Swansea (a), West Ham (a), Arsenal (a), Chelsea (h), Leicester (a), Bournemouth (h), Everton (a), Manchester City (h)

Manager Mauricio Pellegrino has other options, but Manolo Gabbiadini has only just ended a run of 16 games without a goal, and Argentine Guido Carrillo has yet to score since arriving in January.

On a positive note for Southampton, Sims did not look out of place on just his second Premier League start.

The 20-year-old returned in December after nine months out injured, having made 13 appearances last season under former manager Claude Puel.

He looked dangerous, being denied by Butland on several occasions and also linking well with his team-mates.

Josh Sims spent nine months on the sidelines following knee surgery

Still hope for Stoke

Stoke would be playing Championship football were the season now over, but they kept themselves in the mix for survival with a third draw in as many games.

Stoke were 18th in the Premier League table, a point away from safety, when Lambert took over from Hughes following a run of five defeats in seven Premier League games.

Their home match with Manchester City a week on Monday could be regarded as a free hit, then Everton visit the Bet365 Stadium the following Saturday.

Southampton 0-0 Stoke: Paul Lambert says Potters would have lost a few months ago

The latter is clearly a much more winnable fixture – and they may have to rely on their home form to stay up, having won just one away game all season; this draw was just the eighth point they have won on their travels.

Butland ensured their goals against column did not swell beyond 54, and Shaqiri again looked lively before fading in the second half.

But Stoke will hope Mame Biram Diouf’s shoulder injury, which forced him off in the first half, is not too serious.

The Senegalese is believed to have dislocated his shoulder during a strong aerial challenge with Wesley Hoedt inside the first 20 minutes.

“It looks like Mame Diouf’s shoulder has popped out. I need to see how he is feeling. It was a big loss as he gave us an outlet,” added Lambert.

Mame Biram Diouf did return to watch the end of the match from the bench

Man of the match – Jack Butland (Stoke City)

Jack Butland kept Southampton out on numerous occasions, especially in the second half, to earn his side a point and claim the honours just ahead of Southampton’s Josh Sims

‘Every single game is important’ – what they said

Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino: “We dominated the game in the second half and had the most clear chances. It is efficiency. We couldn’t score. We couldn’t convert the possession into goals. That is part of football. We are disappointed but we need to use the second half for the next game.

“The team played with more tempo second half and did enough to try and win the game, but we have to do it from the beginning. Maybe the tempo wasn’t good enough at the start. There was a lot pressure. They pressed us and we couldn’t find the spaces.

“You have to try and find different solutions. This is the Premier League. We know it is tough. Everyone tries to win the game. Every single game is important now.”

Stoke keep it clean – the key stats

Southampton have won just once in the past 16 Premier League games (D9 L6), and are winless in their past eight at St Mary’s.

Saints have failed to score in three consecutive home Premier League meetings with Stoke, their joint-longest run without scoring against a single opponent on home soil in the competition (also against Wimbledon in 1998 and Bolton in 2003).

The Potters have failed to find the back of the net in five of their past nine league games, netting just five goals in total in those games.

Southampton mustered 18 shots in this game, the most they have attempted without scoring in a Premier League game since the opening day of the season against Swansea (29).

What’s next?

Southampton travel to Newcastle next Saturday 10 March (15:00 GMT), while Stoke have an extra two days to prepare for the visit of Premier League leaders Manchester City (20:00 GMT).

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Life – easy to live but difficult to define, full of headbanging problems with applied solutions, filled with miseries to reveal mysteries, covered by dark clouds to show the silver lining and the list go endless. This game of life is really strange but you will be the winner when you have clearly understood this game!

Friends before taking one step towards understanding this game of life I would highlight some examples that will definitely play a vital role in changing our vision. Napoleon Bonaparte who was bountifully blessed with fame, money, power apologized that he had not lived even six days of his life happily whereas Helen Keller who is blind, deaf, and dumb was living her life to the fullest and said that “life is really something beautiful that happened to her”! Why is this so that life that is beautiful for one and a burden for another? Why some people are existing on this earth and some are living? Well, all these questions will be answered shortly.

Today in this monotonous world we all might say that stress, worries, tension, luxury, greed have stolen the charm of life and life is equivalent to death for us. But if we give a second thought to it we will realize that in today’s world wherein the air is more filled with harmful pollutants and dreadful viruses, do we stop breathing? Obviously not. So why to get defeated by this trivial problems? Let’s have a look at some real-life examples that really convince us to a great extent. Willis Havilland carrier was an American engineer who was assigned a project of gas cleaning by a company and millions of dollars were invested for it. But to his surprise, the machines that he had designed were unable to fulfill the demands of the company. Due to this he was blamed for the failure of his machine and held responsible for the loss of the company. He was so upset with his failure that he couldn’t even sleep at nights. His life had become a complete mess!

But without getting shattered into pieces he mustered enormous amount of courage and willpower. He used 3 easy steps to relieve his mind from this problem.

He examined the worst situation that will happen to him. He examined that due to this failure he won’t be hanged or imprisoned but he shall lose his prestige among his colleagues.

After examining the worst situation in mind, accepting that situation with all your heart comes in to play. He wholeheartedly accepted his fate and freed his mind from stress and worry.

Now once you have accepted the worst situation you have taken some actions that will be towards making your worst fate a bit better. Carrier analyzed that if he invests $5000 in his machines he will be preventing the loss to his company of $ 20,000.

He followed his strategy and executed it and the results tossed his fate!! Instead of loss of $20,000 he made a profit of $15,000 to his company.

Another real-life example is about a man named Haney was suffering from duodenal ulcers. He was diagnosed by a doctor and said that he had very less time to live. He was standing on the doorstep of death and life. In this situation, he also applied the same 3 steps that Willis carrier did. He fearlessly examined the worst situation in his mind accepted it and worked for making it better. He had accepted that he was a guest for few days and thus decided to live his life to the fullest. He made up his mind for world tour through the ship and took a coffin with him to the tour. He made an agreement with the shipman to preserve his body in the coffin in case of sudden death. In that world tour, he had a lot of parties, made friends, ate almost everything that he wanted, sang songs and played like never before! He completed his world tour successfully and after reaching his country he was left in a complete awe to know that he is now absolutely fit and fine and is no more suffering with any sort of “duodenal ulcers”. “When you decide to smile at life, life decides to smile back”! It’s as simple as that.  

Friends, we are already owners of precious gifts and treasures whose worth is more than money, car, luxury. Yes, I can justify my point. If someone asked you to give your arms or legs or eyes, ears in return for 5 crores or a car or a bungalow would you give it? See! You must surely have a big, big, big, “no” on your face. We are millionaires when we grow bigger than our thoughts. The only difference is that we have forgotten to count our blessings. We have forgotten to see the possibilities while being engaged in problems. The beauty of life is not in its moments, it’s in the eyes of the beholder. Napoleon Bonaparte is known by history but not known to the essence if life while Helen Keller despite physical disability has discovered the meaning of living. Happiness is your very own personal choice. You have to “choose” to be happy instead of waiting for happiness to choose you!

“ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY

BEFORE IT BECOMES WHAT YOU HAD YESTERDAY”.

Friends we all are blessed beyond what we deserve. We are enriched with ample of knowledge, immeasurable wealth, an immortal soul! When we are inspired from within we are committed to doing something extraordinary. There was a girl who was paralyzed below the waist due to severe spinal cord damage. She was using a wheelchair since 1999. She also had a normal life as she was an army man’s wife and a mother of two children. Well, now let us see her from a professional spectacle! Despite disability, she was a  fabulous restaurateur with a social cause, a former beauty queen, an accomplished swimmer on an international platform and now a winnable biker. Yes, friends, I am talking about none other than Deepa Malik- the pride of India! A silver medalist in Paralympics 2016 in the shot put who wears a multitude of hats and is a sheer example of “ability beyond disability”. Life offers you an opportunity to prove your ability, time to rise above your failures, possibility to create the impossible and many more. Success is not seen in situations, it is hidden within! When you keep on marching fearlessly and keep growing from your problems one fine day you will surely find that a beautiful destiny will be waiting right there to welcome you. We all are destined to be victorious not victims! Lastly, I would like to say,

We have two choices in life,

We can spend our life by living or by existing.

But the truth is that just “existing” in life brings tears and

“Living” in life brings cheers!!!

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