Life Is A Roller Coater

By Moushumi Pattnaik

All of us know a Roller Coaster. It starts from ground, goes to a certain height, comes down, again goes up to a height and comes down in a sudden speed. This continues for certain duration. If we visualize, many dare to take the ride; some for fun, some to experience a new ride and some already had the experience so as to have the same experience again. Before the roller coaster starts, everyone is asked to fasten their belts and tighten the hooks. As it rolls slowly, some have faster heart beat, few have butterflies, and some start cursing themselves of taking a wrong decision for the ride. But those who take up the ride for joy and fun start their ride with fun, laughter, whistles and claps. By the time the Roller Coaster ride comes to an end, few those who had taken up the ride for fun came out with laughter. And lighter mood; some those who had dared to take up the ride came out with giggles. There was some who fell sick as they could not handle the lift and fall and there were many who were experienced, came out with a very common note. But there were few who were there just to see and enjoy from the ground and actually wanted to avoid the sudden shocks of the ride.

Life is same as the Roller Coaster. We all can relate it to the roller coaster. The ups and down symbolizes happiness and sorrow. Some take things as it comes; some experience and learn from it. There are some who panic and find it difficult to handle and many avoid the situations and try to run away from that. Those who accept and take things as it comes, are the people who come out with laughter from the roller coaster of life : those who experience ups and down and take it as a lesson come out with giggles from the roller coaster of life. Those who cannot deal with the ups and downs generally break down, panic and move toward depression. And the few who avoid ups and downs are always in the fear of some sudden shock.

All of us will co-relate to this and this is very obvious. We are human beings with different instincts, characteristics and behavior. But the teacher is the same - Life. It gives the same question paper to all in different phases. It teaches the same to all in different forms and aspects. It is 'we' who has to learn to accept things as it comes and this comes with experience. One needs to understand the mode of test, ways to clear them and march ahead successfully. Did we run away from the school and college exams? Did we not clear them up successfully? Yes, we did. So life is also an exam and we have to pass this exam in every phase. We must remember "Rome was not built in a day". Likewise, nothing will happen at one go. Success will also come with its pace. With all our understanding and patience we need to learn and accept the ups and down and try to come out successfully. The more you are scared, the more life scares you. The more you let your mind master you, the more it does. The more you say 'why me', the more you feel it is always 'only you'. Start saying 'try me' and you will find you are not scared rather you are confident. You will realize that you have started to master your mind and things have become smooth. Life is a Roller Coaster of ups and downs. But we can make it a Roller Coaster of peace and serenity.

By Moushumi Pattnaik