The word stalemate is used in a chess game when no movements are allowed within the rules and so no one wins or loses. By definition, stalemate is perceived negatively, for it having a stagnant image. This deadlock, ironically, has the potential to burst every which way, when given new rules of keys to untie the knots. 

The soul of all creatures is a combination of different deadlock boxes, all of which are entwined with one another in different ways for every single moment. The different combinations of the stalemates and constant stimulus from the soul's life have the power to change the static energy of each box into a lively one of the whole. It is the subtle, internal ways in which your stalemate boxes are combined that make you one of a kind.  

Life sometimes seems like a tragedy. Stalemate in life also seems like one. However, it is acceptable to be messy at times, as Glennon Doyle Melton once said, 

"Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways." 

Behind stalemate hide the seeds of light, 

the seeds of darkness, 

and the seeds of energy.