Life is like a...Pt 2 or is it 3

so to make up for my lack of blogging as of late i am going to add a new installment (if not more than one it depends on my attention span) of life is like...swinging on a swing...i remember as a kid growing up one of my all time favorite things to do (okay i still love to do it) was/is to swing on a swing.  maybe its my inner sense of adventure that is yearning to get out or maybe its something else.  who knows.

so back to the point.  swinging on a swing and how life is like it... so just like in life there are highs and lows...for me i loved going high on a swing the higher the better...just like with life when things are going good there is the natural "high". the highs represent for me the excitement, passion, worthwhile and simply those things that couldve taken time but well worth the end result.  i always hate the slowing down especially when it is an all of a sudden thing...this much like life can be a scary and even dangerous thing.  the coming down can lead to disappointment, doubt, lack of trusting something will happen.  when swinging just like in life the ups and downs can take work and effort...this work and effort at times is well worth it as it leads to good things in the end. likewise that same work and effort can lead to heartache, pain, disappointment, fear.  

the other way life is like swinging is that it is so much better when you are not alone.  life is so much better with others around and although swinging alone can be fun, it is more fun with others whether they are helping you out by giving you the extra push (both on the swing and in life!) or healthy competition of who can go higher. 

so the question is, is it worth the work and effort even if the outcome is not the expectation that will in the end lead to something that is disappointing?  my answer is yes since in life we have the choice to choose to make the most out of all situations good and bad and learn from that rather than be like eeyore who says "whats the bother".  life is what we make it...and i choose to make the most of it.  embrace the highs and learn from the lows. 

Life is Like A...Pt 1

I was driving the other day (well not a big surprise cause I always seem to be in my car) and I was thinking about life.  All too often I have compared life to various objects. I think this will be something that will be a recurring theme on this blog.  I think this idea started back in college when I wrote a paper comparing life to the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop (but that is another post).  This one is how life is like riding a motorcycle....

I recently had my first (and only) experience with riding on a motorcycle (riding not driving).  This for some random reason was something I had always wanted to do but never really had the opportunity to do so.  So a friend of a friend had his Harley with him and we got to talking.  I was rather impressed with it (it was a beautiful bike (not sure you can say a Harley is beautiful but I will cause this is my blog after all :))  and actually hopped on it (it was parked at this time).  So I asked if I could have a ride on it and he was like sure...the only problem is that I only have one helmet (and I was not going to ride helmetless)  So we went to an area where it would be safe for him to not wear a helmet (well its not safe to not wear one for anyone but he was willing to risk himself for my safety).  Well little did I know what this experience would hold.  First of all....I burnt my leg and 3 weeks later it is still healing.  But overall the experience of it all even though it was short was worth the scar that will probably be on my leg.  So you are probably asking how I am relating this all to life...well here it comes (remember I said you may have to put up with random utterings).

Life is Like Riding a motorcycle...

• it is something that can be exhilarating and exciting while being scary at the same time.   life has so many unexpected things that can be scary at the time but once you jump into it (or in the case of a motorcycle on it) its all too often more exciting then you ever expected.  
• the speed is inconsistent...it seems like just like life a motorcycle can go at great speeds or slow jaunts.  Both speeds can be nice for different reasons.  sometimes the fast pace of life is great other times it is too fast and things are over in the blink of an eye.  Likewise, there are times when its nice to savour the slow and steady pace and take things in or its too slow and you just want it to go faster.  
• it can be painful...life is never pain free whether it is physical or emotional pain.  but in time all pains can and will be healed one way or another. 

Okay....well I had more the other day when I was driving i am sure i will come up with more at a later date and will add that and new ones...my brain has kinda lost its focus with this blog...which must mean it is too long!  ;)