The Game

Is all too easy to lose.

And that's precisely it.  We're playing one of those crazy games where you learn the rules as you go, but with the time commitment of monopoly double-plus bonanza.
We are winners at heart.  Our spirits are aware of what they are, even if only enough to drive us to win.  But with rules that seem in flux and a piece that seems to move with chance alone, the easiest way to win is not to.  Forget the game exists.  Make up the rules yourself (and hope they're close enough).  Lose intentionally out of spite.
Quit.

It is true that chance, as I take it, does play it's part in our endeavor.  You may choose at forks in the road, but the spinner is not under your control, nor is the road on which you travel.  Things will happen and it may seem like the game has it against you.  Or you may find other players and feel that their only point in the game is to ruin your chance of success.  But the game goes on, all the same.  In truth, the game is all we know.  Winning conditions and the prize therefor is debated constantly, but most realize that it's better to continue playing then attempt to leave and count your score as is.

The game wears on and with no end in sight, no sure goal to shoot for, no strategy immune to the whims of luck, players often find it easiest to let the game take it's course and make only decisions that are necessary.  Easiest.

This game is to be played.  It will not always be enjoyable, and you will make some bad choices, but the cards are in your hand.  You will not know the game, but in playing you may find that you will come to know the truth about player.  Let the world be your mirror and seek for what rules you can.  Most of all, do not despair.  You can live your life off of the assumption that the game is worthless or fake, or you can live it with faith that there is something to it.
Consider not which is worse to be wrong, consider instead which is happier if right.

May the odds ever be in your favor.