Do you play Wordle?

Last summer, I stumbled across the game and have been playing it ever since.

I can always count on a feeling of achievement when I crack the word in under five tries.

Am I a wordle genius or stupendously lucky?

These are the questions I ask myself when I’m bored…🤪

I’m neither, but I’ve experimented and learned something beneficial for not only cracking Wordle but for approaching life stuff.

It goes like this.

One afternoon, I was lying on the couch, feeling meh. I had no desire to scroll social media or read the book I was trying to finish.

I was in a lazy mood. I didn’t care if I solved the puzzle.

The first word I chose was L I G H T. The I was highlighted, but that was it. I was off the mark big time.

That’s when I haphazardly started guessing.

I had one final row to figure out the word before the game was over.

Did I put in the effort or just let it go? I could always try again the next day.

That’s when I decided to give myself a chance and concentrate.

I’m a meditator, so I work on concentrating every day.

Narrowing my focus I thought deeply about the words I’d chosen, why I chose them, and which letters were highlighted.

I made up my mind to solve the word no matter how long it took.

That’s when I found my secret sauce.

Four simple words gave me the power to solve the game.

I CAN DO IT.

Feeling empowered, I calmed my mind and followed logic and intuition. I searched for words online, thought them through, trusted my instincts, and chose one.

RESIN… Success.

A word I’ve never used before now reminds me to trust myself and stay focused when I feel like giving up.

If we’re distracted, nothing works. We can blame everything outside of us, but it always comes back to where our heads are at. Concentration is a power tool many of us forget about. Distraction and mental wandering get so-so results, while focus and concentration are like aiming toward the bullseye. Whether we hit it on the first try or the 400th try is inconsequential; we’ll learn while doing it and succeed in the long run. I wonder if Einstein and Tesla were great inventors because they used the power of focus.