Mahjong

Have you ever played Mahjong solitaire? Its an addictive game of tiles in various layouts. Its a game of strategy against yourself. How best to remove 144 tiles. And there is a trick to it. Sometimes matches lay next to each other and appear to be easy. You could remove them only to discover you needed those easy tiles later to unlock trapped tiles in another area of the layout. Of course there is a back button. You loose points, but you have the option of engaging hindsight to solve the puzzle. Too bad life doesn't offer you the option of hindsight. Yet even with a back button, a do over lets say, some layouts are unsolvable. The trick is knowing when to give up and move on.

Some situations in life are the same. No amount of do overs gives you the wisdom to navigate the puzzle. And the trick is knowing whether or not to give up.


Crane Update:
I folded another 100 cranes or so. Pretty purple foil cranes. I've started on silver foil cranes. I think I may have 50 or so silver ones folded. This brings my crane count to somewhere in the neighborhood of 750 or so. Three quarters of the way there. Another wish almost folded. :)