Poker and Life

I think Victor Frankl said it best:

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's play in any given set of circumstances"

"What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of poker in general, but rather the specific meaning of a specific play at a given moment."

"It did not really matter what we expected from the game, but rather what the game expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of our plays, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by the game - daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Playing winning poker ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which the game constantly sets for each individual."