a roller coaster ride

Pretend you are on a roller coaster.
You know that feeling you get just as you reach the top of the first big climb…just before you start to fall? Or that feeling you get in the pit of your tummy as you CLIMB? It's a strange combination of excitement and fear. As you climb, you are already committed to the ride. There’s nothing you can do at that point to prevent whats about to happen. So, you prepare yourself to fall, and YOU have the choice of how you are going to respond. You can either become stiff with emotion, hold your breath, close your eyes, and hunker down in your seat...OR...you can take a deep breath, throw your hands in the air, let go of the anticipation of whats to come, and go with the flow.

I've had moments when i lift my hands from the bar in front of me, feel my belly relax, and let the ride throw me around. When i am able to do that, i enjoy the ride instead of feeling like i have survived it. If you think about it, even in the scariest of descents, the tracks you are riding always catch you and bring you back up for more.

Life is the same sometimes.

It feels like you are in the middle of the “big climb” to me. You know that more change is on its way to you. You can prepare yourself for the peaks and valleys that lay in front of you. You can count on the "ride" throwing you around a little. You just have to decide how you are going to respond to whats happening and whats to come. My wish for you: let go, lift your hands to the sky, take a deep breath, and ride the tracks. Trust that life will catch you and bring you back up.

Another fact about riding a roller coaster is you are never on the ride alone. Someone is strapped in beside you, behind you, and in front of you. If you find yourself in a moment of closing your eyes, holding on too tight, screaming, and being afraid....please trust that i will take your hand, loosen your grasp, and help you let go. When you forget to breathe, i will remind you. And if i am not able to do that for you, trust that the others that surround you will.