acceptance

“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her:
but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide,
how to play the cards in order to win the game.”
Voltaire

there are things to accept,
and those that we shape.

while we can ask for advice,
the final choice is ours.

not that winning is always the goal;
but success is preferred over failure.

the cards today are simpler to play,
than in the time while drinking.