How Life is Not Like a Roller Coaster Ride

Most roller coaster rides start with a slow, steep, seemingly arduous climb to a summit. The ride that follows zigs, zags, makes a sharp turn here and there and maybe a loop-to-loop then slowly glides to the uneventful finish.

For many, life is very similar until we approach the finish line. Instead of a gentle, slow glide to the finish, time speeds up. You become increasingly aware that, for you, time is running out. There is the sense of floating in a tube on a placid, pristine mountain lake. Then, an undercurrent you didn’t know was there draws you into a stream. Soon you are whizzing and spinning through rapids towards an awesome waterfall. The roar of the water becomes deafening the closer you get to the falls. As you descend you feel weightless. If you don’t get hurt, surviving the waterfall is exhilarating; to not survive is resting in peace.