I got to play a really neat group game today. It only took about five minutes with a dozen people. Ultimate Rock Paper Scissors is essentially a tournament. Everyone pairs up, and the loser of each pair is eliminated, making the playing group smaller and smaller until there are two contestants left for a final round. I've done this before, but not with the fun twist we had today.
In today's Ultimate tournament, the losers became the cheerleaders of the winners. First, each winning player had one cheerleader, and that pair would find another player-cheerleader pair. The winner of that now has three cheerleaders. This goes on and on until there are two players left, but each player has a group of cheerleaders behind them! A final winner is decided and everyone cheers. The energy of that particular game was impressive. It gained momentum up to the final round. It was a way to play so that everyone, in a sense, wins. I like that. Cheering someone on, giving support, that helps you forget your own disappointments, your own loses. This is perhaps one way to "lose" your life so that you may "find" it in the service of others.
I am grateful for a spectacular game of Ultimate Rock Paper Scissors.
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