In Your Favor

Joseph Campbell once said, ~The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the veil of the unknown; the powers that watch at the boundary are dangerous. To deal with them is risky; yet for anyone with competence and courage the danger fades. If you think about it, when it comes to matters of the heart in regards to a potentially worthwhile relationship it, in a way, can be like participating in the widely popular South Korean Netflix series Squid Games. For it can most definitely be a mentally and not to mention an emotionally brutal experience indeed as one attempts to beat the odds that may have been possibly stacked against you, so to speak, in the following 3 childhood games from the show: red light-green light, tug of war, and bridge of glass.

Without a doubt,when it comes to figuring your own thoughts, feelings, and/or emotions it's like being in a game of red light-green light within your own heart. In a sense, you can find yourself metaphorically going forward in a green light situation or freezing in place because of the red light of absolute uncertainty in regards to reaching then passing the goal line of making a real connection. Of course, each one of us experienced in the past confused or are currently experiencing confusion because of mixed messages that were/are so incredibly difficult to decipher/interpret it throws/threw you completely off balance mentally and emotionally so much so you're left feeling as if you're going to get shot down, in a manner of speaking.

As I said before, it can most definitely be a mentally and emotionally brutal experience in attempting to beat the odds in order to become rich with true happiness. Thinking about it further, there can certainly be a mental/emotional tug of war going on internally between two key components that seemingly always face off...courage and fear. Essentially, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to not succumb to fear whereby avoiding any stumbles that pull you towards then falling over the edge inevitably hitting hard the defeat of utter heartbreak. What it primarily comes down to is doing something insanely crazy as heading straight forward to conquer how incredibly afraid you are of taking an extremely calculated risk.

Let me ask you this question to those who have watched Squid Game. Do you think the glass bridge game somehow metaphorically represents weighing, assessing and accurately determining the right path to the other side where love/true love is waiting? In other words, being able to know, as well as confidently stand on each glass is considered to be a representation of the following quality relationship aspects: trust, faith, honesty, respect, intimacy, thoughtfulness, understanding, commitment, contentment, communication, etc. Ultimately, those aforementioned quality relationship aspects you stand on in hopes of making it to the other side supports the positive rather than the negative weight of your genuinely real intentions.

In retrospect, the sheer brutality of what the human heart can take after giving so much in the oftentimes dangerous game otherwise known as the dating scene can lead a guy/girl to utilize unscrupulous and methodical tactics for their own selfishness. However, to have the support from one's best buds/gal pals who've stuck with you throughout the quintessential blood, sweat, and tears are able to be that constant reminder of the type of person you are like Saebyeok did with Gihun when he was about to go after Sangwoo. In the end, for those living the single life such as myself may seem like a no-win situation, but never give up and may the odds of meeting/finding your forever Gganbu be in your favor.