amusement parks

Life is like a day at the amusement park, in many small ways I see the similarities. Let me start with the price paid to attend the festivities; the amount of money you have determines how many attractions you can attend. Life is the same way, if you don't have the money you can't enjoy the expensive perks of life.One of my favorite things to do at an amusement park is play those impossible games, like climbing up the rope ladder- that is unstable and flips on you if your don't have the most precise balance- if you get to the top, you win a huge stuffed animal. Its not the animal that you want, but the great feeling of accomplishing the goal. This can be likened to many aspects of life, but today I am going to liken it to the road of life. To reach your goals you must be able to keep the balance of work, money, social life, school, love, and family. Each rung is another battle to keep the precise balance. Just enough of each of the elements to keep from flipping over and starting over again. The goal is of course getting to the end of your mortal life happy and knowledgable, and somehow having reached that with the joy in the journey. Along this ladder somehow we are supposed to smile and be considerate, love what we are doing, and help others along. At times we may think that all we can do is focus on the the goal, when in reality its the next step we should be concentrating on... each step made in the right precise way leads to the next successful step. The other thing that is most important is to never get to comfortable or overly confident, thinking to ourselves " I got this, this is a piece of cake!" that is when the ladder begins to wobble and we find ourselves scrambling to regain control of the ladder and begin to slowly balance again. So be careful in the climb to wherever you may be headed.The other thing I love to do at amusement parks is the thrill rides. Bungi Jumping, Rollercoasters, and other thrill seeking rides. Bungi jumping is the one thing I have not done, so I am going to compare it to Marriage... I mean come on, what could be more appropriate than comparing bungi jumping to taking "The Infamous Plunge". Latley it seems to be the thing to do! To run as fast as you can to the ladder, climb without taking a breather, and before you have a chance to get scared, or even take a breathe, there you are plunging into the scariest yet most exhilarating time in you life thus far. AHHHHH! Yipeeeee! Yahoooo! By the time you set foot on ground again, you think to yourself, OMG I can't believe I just did that!... Now this is where I end that analogy mainly because everyones story is different after that... some may regret it, some may think that was the greatest thing that ever happening to them. Now I have to say that not everyone rushes in to this, some climb the ladder many times before they actually jump, and some take their time and watch each step they take to be sure that they will not harm anyone before or after the jump. Hell, some are even young enough that they may need permission from their parents before they jump... lol! I have seen many types of approaches to "The Infamous Plunge". The question in my mind is which one is the best?