The first video game system we ever got was the Nintendo 64. It was awesome. Starfox, Mario Kart, and of course, Goldeneye. That system was everything that you wanted in a video game. But it wasn’t by any means perfect.
For one, it froze a lot. Not during a critical point in the game when you haven't saved yet. That was a move perfected by the PS2. No, the N64 was more likely freeze at start up. Plug in the cartridge, light goes on- but nothing. Not even the well-established "blow on the cartridge" move will save you. Only one thing left- push reset.
Pushing reset is a video game linchpin. Whenever you messed up big, you pushed the button and it was like nothing had ever happened. Fresh new start. Reset could fix just about anything.
Sure you lost all your progress, but if your progress was in the wrong direction, so much the better. Get lost? Go back to the beginning. Reset.
Sometimes in life we need a reset button. For when things get so complicated that we feel lost. When we're so stuck that we can't move. Sometimes in life- we just need to reset.
The barrier is trust. See, when we reset a machine it gives up just enough of its recent memory to start fresh. That's much harder for people. Not impossible though- you just need a lot of trust.
Trust that we are both letting go of the past.
Trust that we are starting from the same place.
Trust that we are trying again- this time to win.
There's no rule against a reset. That's why the button is there; because we have the choice. Purists may frown but who are they to judge? It's up to each of us to decide if a reset will work for us. The button is there because the choice is ours.
Sometimes we need a new set of lives and to go back to the place we know. Even if it means re-walking some paths we can walk them quicker having walked them before. We get better each time. It just takes the courage to push that button.
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