The Joy of Falling and Rising.

Do you know what is thrilling? The thought of failing on a task but rising again to face it head-on. This is something very unique that I think is best seen in video games. Specifically, two games come to my mind talking about this. One is the worldwide popular Dark Souls which I have never played because I don’t have a system with the needed requirements to run it. But its famous hard-as-nails difficulty is known in the gaming industry. 

I had always wondered why people liked to bang their heads on a wall again and again until it falls by playing that game. I learned the reason this weekend. The second game that embodies the mantra of falling and rising that comes to my mind is Hollow Knight. Even with some hiccups, my computer was able to run it. And oh my I am having fun dying and trying over and over again. So, where do I want to go with this rambling of hard video games? 

The answer is to our capacity to never give up. No matter how difficult the challenge is. Some of today's biggest millionaires and billionaires were born of countless failures. I like to think that the same can apply to all of us. It seems the joy of never giving up is written in our DNA. I am pursuing happiness. You are pursuing happiness. Let’s continue looking for it and never give up. And what is most important, let us have fun in the process.

♫ You rise you fall
Your down then you rise again
What don't kill you will make you more strong
You rise you fall
Your down then you rise again
What don't kill you will make you more strong
Rise fall down rise again
What don't kill you will make you more strong
Rise fall down rise again
What don't kill you will make you more strong
Through black days
Through black nights
Through pitch black insights

Breaking your teeth on the hard live coming
Show your scars
Cutting your feet on the hard earth running
Show your scars
Breaking your life broken, beat & scarred
We die hard ♫

Broken, Beat & Scarred - Metallica