Riding the Roller Coaster…
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Hubby and I were down on the Gold Coast this past weekend. As we were driving back to Brisbane, we passed Dream World amusement park. I looked on in horror as I saw a huge roller coaster with people being flung about all over the place. One moment they were completely upside down, and the next right way up again, before being plummeted straight down vertically 90% at full speed. I am not a fan of such things, and will NEVER understand why people would pay good money to have the crap scared out of them.
I don’t need a roller coaster…. life is doing that for me just nicely right now.
Sometimes when you think you have finally sorted it all out and you can move forward in a direction, that whilst a tiny bit uncomfortable, at least you know what’s happening and what direction you are headed in, and you have made peace with that decision…. then POW!!!! Life takes a sharp left turn, 180 degrees, and throws you fully back into tail spin, and total confusion. What you thought was real… isn’t. What you thought was the direction life wanted you to go in…. isn’t. And for all intents and purposes you are back to square one, and none the wiser.
What to do …… what to do…..
Regroup I guess.
Take stock.
Maybe learn to accept that not everything is going to be understandable, logical. Some things happen for reasons, that we can’t comprehend, or that we just can’t see from our limited perspective at this time.
Hold on tight.
And TRUST!!
Riding life’s roller coaster was just part of the price of admission. You can grab the railing in an almighty death grip, close your eyes and pray that it all ends soon…. or you can just through your hands in the air, scream out in delight, and go wherever this crazy ride is taking you.
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So true.
Thanks
Very good blog. so true and I love t the concept that the scary parts of life are the ones where we can’t see what happens next.
I think the greatest fear is fear of the unknown. Thanks for the lovely comment
I enjoyed this and I would never try a roller coaster either, like you said life has tossed enough this way. However these days instead of holding on for dear life, I am throwing my hands in the air and screaming along with the madness and craziness, hoping it all ends soon. Great illustration in this post, thanks for sharing
. Life is indeed one heck of a roller coaster ride…
I am learning to throw my hands in the air as well… holding on tight doesn’t seem to be helping me much, so might as well just go with the flow. Thanks so much
Awesome! And yeah, very true!
Thanks Robert… much appreciated.
I first saw the post on FB and ‘liked’ it for what I saw…the photo, which is stunning. Seeing the entire post, here, with your words…I don’t like it anymore. I love it and I love that you’ve found the strength to feel and see this TL. Life is a fucking crap-shoot. We have to be able to step back and regroup; or hang on tight; or lift our hands to the air and say ‘come on ya asshole, I can take whatever you throw at me’. Anyway you look at it, we are survivors and I for one plan on surviving…and getting to Oz to see you. You rock my friend.
xo
R
Back at ya Bud… you ROCK buckets!!!!!!! And I can’t wait to show you around my corner of the world.
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OOOH AAAAH Love the photo! You are absolutely right about life’s roller coasters. Personally I like the water rides better than the roller coasters.
I like the water rides too… I never thought I would cause I’m a total scaredy cat…. but we went to the water park one day and I went on the scariest ride. I closed my eyes the entire way, and then I did it again, with them open… and then I did it again and again… and then I was hooked.
Great post Tracie and fantastic photo!!
Thank you… so much appreciated
how i know that all to well, but it is true everything does happen for a reason…i hope it gets better!
Me too… things seem to be getting crazier and crazier right now. But I still have faith… and this too shall pass.
yes hang tight!
beautiful harbor view at night
Thank you
The big change for me, is learning that I can become the architect of the ride. I am capable of being the Ride Master.
The ride is my opportunity, Hopefully I will recognize each of the opportunities, and not just pass them by. Each turn is a welcome challenge though, realistically frustrating at times.
As the Ride Master, I can slow it down, stop, get out,, and get back in at will..
Enjoy this photo!
I used to think I was the ride master, I really did… but I have to be honest Dave… I am not so sure anymore. This latest twist and turn I couldn’t have predicted in a million years. So for now at least, I have given up trying to be the ride master, and for a little while, I’m content just to ride the ride.
It is having full control of the brake, getting out in contemplation, and getting back in.
It’s true, the ride is inescapable but, we can get in, and out anytime if, for nothing more than sight seeing.
So, while the ride continues to surprise, I can stop for a break. True, the ride is laid out with twists, and turns but,, actions taken during those breaks determine future twists, and turns.
We become the ultimate architects.
spectacular!!!
Thank you!!!!
Life is filled with uncertainty and part of our spiritual journey is unfolding to a place of acceptance that we don’t know what is going to happen next. Often, when I think I have it figured out, I get thrown a curve ball so I can see that I really don’t know. I think one of our lessons is growing to the place of doing exactly what you said: just throwing our hands up in the air and screaming with delight as we enjoy the ride.
I have spent a lifetime trying to figure it all out. Read all the books, listened to all the tapes. Done all the disciplines. Tried all the modalities. Thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars and hours later… I finally get what most of them were trying to say anyway….. just Surrender!!!
You said the magic word, SURRENDER.
I never would have believed it until I saw it for myself… but after I said that yesterday and felt it in my heart… there is a miracle on the horizon for me, that I never could have imagined in my wildest dreams.
I’m with you. I don’t do roller coasters–don’t understand the appeal of sheer mindless terror. Still, different strokes for different folks. Love the photo.
Thank Naomi…. life has enough to challenge us, without paying for terror