May the odds be ever in your favour
Janine Garner
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I really loved reading Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy and doubly loved the movies - making sure I booked my ticket for the first week of release. Crazy right for a 48-year-old to be such a lover of dystopian fiction - but personally I love the escapism, the imagination and I’m always in awe at the capacity to expand possibilities about a world that may be - or perhaps even one that may already be here).
In The Hunger Games, Collins tells the story of one boy and one girl aged between 12 and 18 who are selected by lottery from each of the 12 districts to fight in a murderous televised game of survival.
When 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen strategically outflanks both the other contestants and the organisers using as her weapons compassion and collaboration rather than anger and competition, she not only wins the contest but also becomes the symbol of revolution.
Alone Katniss is no threat.
But when she joins forces with other strategists and game players of diverse talents, her influence and impact increase exponentially. She carefully selects individuals who add strength where she is weak, so collectively they form one super-power capable of overthrowing the dictatorship that has long ruled their universe.
As with much dystopian fiction, there are clear lessons to be drawn from the story. And for me, this is an example ...
That we can only achieve so much on our own, but when we align ourselves strategically with the right people we have the potential to create change and transform the game of life.
Who do you need to align yourself with this week, month or year?
Who do you need to reach out to help you transform where you are today to where you want to be tomorrow?
Find your tribe. Connect. Work together and ‘may the odds be ever in your favour!'
Founder at Craig's Table- Recipient Summa Comp Laude 2021-22 Recipient Bloom Making a Difference Award 2023
4 年Janine?as always you are insightful. I have not read or seen the Hunger Games. Mine is JRR Tolkein. There are many layers of wisdoms throughout his books and in the movies. The journey is the challenge, the companions are the strength and the weakness and the wisdoms of compassion and Grace bind us all. For me the role of Samwise Gamee demonstrates beyond question the collective of knowing what needs be done and what has to be accomplished in order for everyone to be able to simply get on with the tasks of the immediate and of the planning that has to happen. Sam's loyalty, his commitment and his honor his strengths that everyone relies on even when he is challenged, it is Sam's ability to feel forgiveness that lifts all of us.