Life's Rollercoaster

Not every day is roses, caviar and million dollar ideas. In fact most days don’t even consist of watching the Hallmark channel or taking a bubble bath… Most days are more along the lines of a SpongeBob cartoon, or for those more familiar with the previous generation of cartoons – a Tom & Jerry rerun. We get up, go through the motions of our day, hope for the best, and before we know it, the day is over and we are mentally preparing for the thing that inevitably comes called the next day. We can’t solve world hunger in a day and therefore spend little or no time thinking about how it’s possible to contribute to that cause. So what is the one cause that we can make great headway on each day?

Ourselves: Always available, always prevalent, always accessible.

I will assume that I’m not completely alone here in that I do try to make time to better myself and be a good friend. There are just some days that I feel like I’m on the dropside of the world’s largest roller coaster. Is it possible for someone to be happy and upbeat ALL the time? I can’t answer that because I know I am not one of those people. Maybe it’s best if we have some drops so we can better appreciate the entire ride? Again, I couldn’t tell you for sure.

So what do we do on these days when we’re not in the mood to raise the roof or consciously challenge ourselves? Some play Left 4 Dead, Café World or other strategy/simulation video games. Others surf the web or watch drama and sitcom reruns. This is still a subconscious way of helping ourselves out of the dropside of the roller coaster by resting up our inner selves for the next uphill ride on that same life rollercoaster. We shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves. The more we’re rested and receptive to change, the more change will just naturally happen.

We can ride the rollercoaster freely and enjoy all aspects of it. We’ll coast through the dropsides and be encouraging and excited as we go uphill. We’ll rest and recuperate and then charge ahead and make a difference - first in ourselves and then in our communities and the world.