Roller Coaster

Life is like a roller coaster... Thrills to chills, highs to stomach dropping lows. We exhilarate as we start the climb to the top. We hold our breaths when we free fall to the bottom. Anxiety is the rule when we approach the entrance to the ride but still we MUST get on and ride it to the end. When the clickety-clack of the cogs are pulling us to the precipice we feel an uneasiness about what's about to happen but we are strapped in and there's just no way to get off. We know from past experience that the impending plunge will be wide-eyed, white-knuckled, gut-wrenching, excitement but we know it's inevitable. When we get on the ride its a release, as an opportunity to emit a primal scream, an attempt to bring some heart-thumping, breathless exhilaration to the quiet. In the scheme of things a brief encounter with an assessed ultimate thrill and then its over. Do we take risks because we feel safe all locked into our seat? Is the thrill of the floor falling away, hanging suspended, legs dangling as the coaster dips, twists, climbs, and dives always hurtling us forward toward the end. As the ride ends we know that we will rejoin our friends and loved ones who have exited before us. We'll all stand on solid ground, look at one another and say, "Wow, that was a GREAT ride!!". Or will you proclaim, "I'm not ever getting on a ride like that again!"