Hey bloggers,
Are you a family orientated person? Is your career your life? Do you play hard and work hard?
‘Are you a spectator or player in life or do you fall into both categories?’
There are many, many roles we can take as human beings within society. Whether it is being a parent, teacher, doctor, chef, cook or even just scrounging off the government. No matter what our opinions of these roles are, they are still impacting on other people’s lives directly or indirectly – they have a purpose somehow. How though do I define whether or not you’re a spectator or player in life?
First of all, we need to define the two terms in context. A spectator is normally someone who simply watches actions and a player is someone who carries out these actions. Though, I feel, the side we sway to more defines us. Do you think you can place yourself in either category yet? Well, let me explain a bit more my own idea about the differences between the two.
Remember the following is my opinion so may not necessarily conform to most people’s ideas but never the less, here they are. If you are a parent, you automatically have a point towards the playing team. You will be heavily involved in building bonds with your children and trying to give them the best possible life you can. But, not only are you a player, towards the more senior years of your life you will become a spectator and get to watch your children flourish under the fantastic grounding you have given them. This though is where it gets a bit more in depth because depending on the type of parent you are, depends on how strongly you swing towards the playing team. For example, I have described the ideal parent but, many parents abandon their children before they are even born!
Some care more for their own wants than their children’s and others did not want children in the first place. If they care for their own wants but watch other people enjoy what they desire as they can’t get what they want; this is a negative form of spectating. (In other words, jealousy is just negative spectating.) If they gain what they desire and affect other people in a bad way, this is a negative form of playing. Parenting is only one example of how spectating and playing are present. Here is another example of positive spectating.
We all obviously have many sides to us, but we have a dominant side which defines us. If a doctor does not have a family and decides they are going to devote their entire life to medicine, they are in fact spectating with intervention. They watch other people living and will intervene upon their own judgement of situations to fix them. However, once the situation is fixed, no long term bond is made and they return to spectating. This is the same with many other people who have perhaps dedicated their lives to helping others. For example, voluntary or charity workers do not tend to form strong bonds with the people in Africa they are going out to help despite they are intervening to help improve their lives. Once they have fulfilled their task, these people will again return to spectating – overseeing their work – obviously depending on their other life commitments can depend on whether they are predominantly a player, spectator or both.
So as you can see, I am beginning to try to define different types of players and spectators. I have already mention spectators who intervene though I believe you can have also: selfish players, envious spectators, weak players, strong players, hopeful spectators, wishful spectators, lonely spectators, lonely players etc.
I am still trying to advance the list and will be beginning work on my personality quiz soon – maybe even a small book, I need a project. My plan is to make an analysis service for a more in depth result and a self analysis test for people who want a quick overview of their personality. What do you think of what I have proposed above? Do you think you can add to the list? Do you think what I have said you can relate to?
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