Life can be like a roller coaster on steroids sometimes, and I think we all know that. It's kind of funny how much like a roller coaster life REALLY is. Some people get sick, some people scream the whole time, some people just don't get the thrill (though I don't understand why...) and some people don't ride them, and some people can't imagine NOT going on them.
There are a lot of unexpected twists on roller coasters as well. Sometimes you think you will go left but instead you go right! That's a big part of the fun I think - the uncertainty.
In life many people wish they could just plan out their whole lives and never take a risk, never be unsure of where they will be tomorrow. But that's what life is for - for taking risks and really living.
At my brother's appartment (he's in college) he has a white-board on his wall where he has written down all his goals, long term and short term. I find it interesting that though we can plan what we want to do in our lives, we can't plan what happens to us. There is no way to plan that - because that would mean planning other peoples' lives and that is simply impossible. Other people effect our lives so much, it's impossible to avoid unless you were a complete hermit...which I don't suggest :)
The people in our lives aren't really a part of this roller coaster idea, but there are many other analogies where the people in our lives are properly represented: like a tapestry.
Each thread in a tapestry turns and threads and twists and bends, all adding together to add into one big picture. Have you ever followed just one thread? Can you count how many other strings effect it? I've never tried...I think it would be tedious, and really in life it's also just as tedious. One person could make your life totally miserable for the rest of your life, and another could effect you as simply as making you smile at their stupidity over something silly.
Sitting next to a friend in study hall in the computer lab, writing this I'm noticing how I'm affected by the people around me simply by how self-concious I am that I'm done with homework and others aren't so it might appear that I am sluffing school-work. I'm not.
A simple hug from a friend, usually only certain friends though, can almost always cheer up my day.
People are unpredictable, and not being able to predict the outcome of every situations creates another thrill for life. I love it :)
Honestly - can you imagine a life where you knew EVERYthing that was going to happen, why, when, where, how? It would be so dull!
Well...that's all my thoughts on that...yup :)
Kaylla
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