Oooh my goodness Winston, what a poignant article you have written here...I have goosebumps and a tear in my eye, just feeling the recognition...the shared reality in your words...
You are a WaySeer in so many ways, a pioneer, a man way ahead of his time. It's times like these I'm so grateful for social media and that you are able to spread your messages to help enlighten others, to show different paths, or that there is nothing wrong with who we are!
I am so uncertain if competition is the natural way, I really lean to "cooperation" being really who we are deep down, it's just been so beaten out of us, I mean, I have sat racking my brain before wondering if there are any board games, or any games at all here in the West, that are for cooperation instead of competition. If you know one please let me know because I would love to play it with my family.
So many kind words! Thank you so much! You should know that your support means the world to me.
I can't think of any cooperative board games. My friend Matt runs Wicked Fun Games and hosts gaming nights at local libraries, so there might be some info there as well as an email contact link. He loves talking games.
Of course, Dungeons and Dragons is a great adventure in cooperative storytelling. I grew up with 1st edition rules, which really left a lot more to the imagination, but from the look of things the spirit of the game is the same. In fact I just followed a link from my friend's site to this article which gives a nice overview of the current scene. Plus you can write your own adventures, with your own stories and values. You could even play the characters in your lovely tattoos!
Family craft activities are good fun too. You could always put together a cardboard village cutout like this Donna found some at a thrift store to put together with her neices. But I think you can also download templates to print on cardstock and then hand color and assemble them.
Wow! What a wealth of info you have given me, thank you so much Winston!! I'm digging in now!