Losing is part of playing chess. Because we are all humans with brains that function like a committee, we all make mistakes. Beyond that, unless we are the strongest in the world, we simply get out played.
A few years ago I came up with a tongue in cheek Chess Dhamma.
1. Chess is suffering.
2. Suffering arises from mistakes.
3. There is a way of liberated non-suffering.
4. Quit Chess.
But I still choose chess. The good games give me encouragement to continue. Life is not about avoiding suffering but about skillfully navigating it.
My daughter has a sign on her apartment wall.
"When life gives you lemons,
wait till life is not looking
and throw them away."
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