I was thinking the other day about my hearts and kisses game and musing that a lot of people would think it was a pretty stupid idea. Visualisation. Make believe. Fairytales. And I started thinking that it probably was pretty childish.
Yet if the game works, isn’t it worth the silliness? For, in truth, is not our whole life a fairytale? Everyone’s version of reality is different, so you could convincingly argue that there is no true reality because each human makes his or her own concoction. We all see the world through our own glasses, tinted by our particular personalities and contorted by our personal experiences. If there is such a thing as reality, it is ‘out there’ and not truly able to be defined by mere mortals. That means that visualisation has just as much worth as our more established ideas about what is real.
So, on with the game. Anything that helps someone cope with a bad situation and doesn’t hurt anyone else is okay in my book.