The Monopoly of Life - It all goes back in the box

Life as compared to a game of monopoly - plays come players go but it all goes back in the box, so what really matters? This video leaves us with something to think about
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Speech by John Ortberg: It all goes back in the box (Remastered by TJOP)

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[SaithMasu]

When i start to get lost, when i start to get worried about life, i always come back to this video, this message, that is so simple and basic and yet so powerful. It always teaches me the same thing again and again and it is good to get reminded. There is no moment that is like the other. There is nothing that lasts, there is only constant flux. No matter how bad a situation is, it will pass, no matter how good it is, it will pass. Everything passes.

[NorthernWarrior]

This is such a brilliant little story. One which I hope to tell to my children, with the same impact that it has on me. "Players come, players go" - "It all goes back in the box"... "Then what?"...

[steven]

Majority of people think life is just about a good job, high salary and the accumulation of material possessions. Some people are running after that illusion of success until they die and eventually they realize they have never been truely happy...
I think we have been lied to, there's more to life than jsut money and possessions and I hope all of you will find it out

[LIVdaBrand]

That's why I am a meteorologist. Studying the sky (and space) keeps me from thinking inside the box.

[bw]

My best friend came back from Afghanistan, he wrote “it all goes back in the box” on his Facebook before he passed. I just came across this many years later. He was doing so well. But just because he had things doesn’t mean he was happy with what he was doing.

[paulhardcastle]

t maybe comes from an ancient saying " at the end of the game the king and the pawn go back in the same box"

[Michael-lcyl]

The key is to win the game while simultaneously knowing it goes back in the box, AND having the understanding of fair play to let your friends win once in a while. You'll also have a richer experience by giving your friends tips to be as skilled at the game as you are, so that each match will be more challenging and interesting.

[hemgyrsimpin]

What truly matters are your interactions with others and having fun. Those are things that are created by you and cannot be destroyed or taken by time. Money, grades, leadership experience, work experience none of that matters, what matters is to enjoy life and to live it to the fullest. To get up each and every day and seize it from dawn to dusk. Meeting new people, making new friends, and making new memories... that's what matters, because in the end the friendships and memories you made dont go back in the box.

[jstcallmevivi]

It takes me 31years to realize this truth 🥺

[DJ_Miclotek]

"money is numbers, numbers never end, if it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end"

[delbertcast]

Some people are so poor all they have is money .
Bob Marley ❤️

[FloridaB]

My best friend committed suicide shortly after he returned home from serving overseas...his last status was "it all goes back in the box" and now it all makes sense...

Love ya Bryn..

[jenniferpotter]

I have always loved this speech and I love what you have done with the video. It looks phenomenal

[Julesmarquette]

Love the music that plays when he says, what matters? It builds up, and a gentle piano song soft like raindrops carries the message to it's final point.

[AShampoooo]

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The song while the video is on the main part.
And the song when is ending.
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[miniwarrior]

What matters are the experiences we have. All the possessions do go back in the box but the life we enjoyed that cannot be taken.

[hermit]

It's too bad most people never realize what that emptiness and sadness really is....it's knowing something isn't right with this world ...but some if not most rather live with there heads buried in the sand ...and avoid the important questions...

[renemadriaga]

When I feel like I want to dedicate my life to accumulate things and stuff I always go back into this video and reminds myself that life is short and the most meaningful things can not be bought, we pay dearly with our precious time the things that we consider possessions, we exchange our life, our health, our youth, our time, our relationship in order to fill our life with material possessions.

[iamryan_inBits]

So long as there is life on this planet, there will always be competition for resources, whether civilized or not. I’d also add that your perspective changes after you have kids, who you can transfer your resources to for their future. That said, this is a great speech and video to keep perspective.

[themanwhoknewtoomuch]

I don't know if I am repeating myself as I shared it many times online... I once walked 14 miles to the beach. I thought it would be exhilirating and fun and a great accomplishment. After I was done, I did not feel any euphoria, no walker's high, no joy, no sense of accomplishment and achievement. I felt EMPTY. It was a cloudy day and I felt absolutely and utterly listless. Gradually, I stopped all these dumb self-help and what not or a pipe dream to be like a Navy SEAL or have Goggins mentality.

I think lot of people are misinterpreting the story. It doesn't mean don't enjoy life or don't chase ambition or success or goals. But if you make THAT the endgoal then like me you will FOREVER be hollow and empty inside.

Tao does nothing, but leaves nothing undone!!

Life is not a checklist to be solved and ticked off.