Arthur sat in a corner, the light from a buzzing fluorescent bulb flickering over the pages. He had spent his life feeling like he was reading a script everyone else had memorized, while he was stuck improvising in a foreign language. The Revelation of the Three
Arthur realized that when he argued with his boss, he wasn't two men talking; it was his boss’s scolding Arthur’s Child . No wonder he felt ten years old every Tuesday morning. The Dinner Party "Game" Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transa...
The heavy oak door of the community center library creaked open, admitting a gust of rain and a disheveled man named Arthur. He wasn't there for the classics; he was there for a survival guide. He found it wedged between a dusty psychology textbook and a manual on bridge: Games People Play by Dr. Eric Berne. Arthur sat in a corner, the light from
The air in the room changed. The "Game" of —a familiar cycle of blame and anger—had been bypassed. By staying in the Adult state, Arthur had refused to play his part in the script. The Payoff No wonder he felt ten years old every Tuesday morning