It was my third (possibly fourth) time playing laser tag and I finally grokked it! By the last game, I was aiming well and I felt like I intuitively understood the flow of the game—briskly moving from base to base tagging all enemy players in sight. That as opposed to camping or stalking or cautious approaches.
I felt so at peace too. I know it sounds weird to be at peace when your heart is pumping and adrenaline is flowing; but after everything that has happened and everything that I’ve started paying attention to these past three years, just to have 15 minutes where I’m not thinking about the stock market, bank runs, Iraq, Iran, the upcoming election, where my career is headed, retirement savings is liberating.
I really need 15 minutes of such peace every day.