The people you love aren’t all on your path. This works anyway.

You’ve done the work — the courses, the practices, the years of it. And the people closest to you, the ones you’d most want to share it with, aren’t there and have no intention of going. Talking about it makes them wary. Inviting them to a workshop is out of the question.

So you keep the most alive part of your life slightly separate from the people you love most.

You don’t have to convert anyone. You play a game together, and the game does the opening.

Nothing is asked of them

No one is analysed. No one has to share more than they want to. There’s no language to learn and no premise to accept — only turns, a few minutes, and a host that keeps it easy. What happens after that is between the two of you.

Start with

The invite

The hardest part is asking. Here are the words — send them as they are.

“No agenda, I promise. It’s a ten-minute game over video. I’d love to play it with you.”

Questions

Will they think it’s woo?

There’s nothing spiritual in the games themselves — they’re short, plain and often funny.

What if they say no?

Then they say no. It’s a game; there’s nothing to defend.

Which one should I start with?

Thank You, Everything. It’s the gentlest door.

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