There are 36 scenarios in The Relationship Game. We have all experienced at least some of them. Others appear time and time again, like an instant replay. Been There, Done That, but do we realize their importance in how we play the game of life? Imagine the benefit of knowing a series of actions and events before it starts or, better yet, having some control over the outcome!

Disasters take first place in the lineup of the 36 scenarios in Life The Relationship Game. It is the most extreme of adversities and the most important training for the hero role. Disasters can be natural or human made. Learning to triumph over adversity is what disasters are all about. Victims are affected by disaster and they call upon the hero to take action in order to save them.

Have you ever heard the expression, You cannot take it with you? It is true! You cannot take the tangible things such as money, your great body or your loved ones with you when you pass on. But you can take the real gold! The authentic is the very thing you have spent your entire lifetime acquiring through the harrowing relationships, the financial crises, the dramas and disasters.

Learning to successfully resolve relationship conflicts is an essential life skill that is missing in our formal education. Conflicts can range from simple to complex but they all have a basic underlying premise. Once understood, you can successfully resolve even the most complex issues.

The relationship game provides plenty of entertainment, although it makes us cry as often as it makes us laugh. Perhaps it is because nobody gave us the book of rules. So, we employ the true and trusted trial and error method, fumbling as we go along. Chaos ensues. There seems to be no method to this madness. Hold on, there is. Here is the key to understand the game and make it work for you.

In the game of relationships, the villain concluded that life is unfair when no hero showed up to save him as a young victim. Then the villain started taking what he deemed his due, naturally from those weaker than he is. Now these players only feel alive when they can exert power over others. In other words, villains have fallen for the fool's gold in the relationship game.

As hero, you are the winner in the first round of the game. Forget about resting on your laurels though. It is lonely at the top, and the admiring crowd, the victims you saved included, will watch your every step with envy. The rarefied air also comes with delusions of superiority and righteousness. Oops! There you tumble back all the way to where you started.

Relationship disasters strike and leave us feeling crushed and helpless; and we wonder why these things are happening to us. Take heart! You do not have to suffer the whims of fortune blindly. It is all part of a game to develop our full potential.