Florence Scovel Shinn 
How to Play the Game of Life 

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.





It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness. Jesus Christ taught that it was a great game of Giving and Receiving.





‘Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.’ This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive.





If he gives hate, he will receive hate; if he gives love, he will receive love; if he gives criticism, he will receive criticism; if he lies he will be lied to; if he cheats he will be cheated. We are taught also, that the imaging faculty plays a leading part in the game of life.