My attitude is gone. It slid into the underbelly of the flat black, stagnant pools of self erosion.

Caught in the deadly grip of IDGAS, (translated into I don’t give a shit) I tried to resurrect and restructure my attitude by searching the pools for any form of intelligent, reasoning thought.

I bumped into despair as it tried to dance into my arms.

I stepped on pity and it tried to cling to my shoe.

Hatred blew up in my face and I jumped out of the way of a scorching jolt aimed at dragging me
into its core.

I covered my ears to escape the continuous drone of whining.

I vaulted over a river of ego as it bubbled and erupted, calling me…inviting me to take a dip.

I wandered through myriads of self righteous thoughts and reasons to stay.

Then I turned a corner and came face to face with myself.

I began the climb back up, out of the pools.

I rejoiced at being out into the air, the sunshine, tasting the breath of a new day and another opportunity to progress and become better than I am.

My conclusion?

The enlightened mind seeks answers to all things, searching the spirit for reckoning, peace, and reasons to exist and continue.

The mind that has not attained enlightenment searches only for excuses.

The world is full of people searching for excuses.

Yes, this has everything to do with poker. Poker is the greatest training ground the enlightened mind will ever encounter.

Poker can send you home talking to yourself. Poker can force you to rethink and replay a hand a few hundred times, then chew and twist it into shriveled threads in conversations with friends, and wake up in the night wondering how in the hell that player came all that way…and then…how in the hell did that ONE card out in the deck, pop off to beat you.

Poker teaches you that you are not the only person trying to win. Everyone entering into the competition is trying to win. That’s what it’s all about, winning, not killing someone or trying to belittle them, just win by using your skill and wit and playing the game.

Poker can teach you a lot of things, if you’re willing to learn.

See you there, the classes run 24-7!