Roller Coaster Rides!

Wow! That sure was a bumpy ride. Oh! Hi there. In case you were wondering what was that first line for, well, I have just got off a Roller Coaster. Amidst all the fun and thrill during the roller coaster ride, I happened to enlighten myself upon a few facts of life. It's just amazing what a simple Roller Coaster ride manages to portrays, to the one, who has an eye for detail. Now, during the course of this article, you must not think I am some kind of maniac, who has nothing to do in this world. My sole purpose of sitting on a roller coaster is to have fun and nothing else. It's just for the blog, that I decided to sink in deep into the intricacies of an average, yet spectacular, roller coaster. So, enjoy the ride.

Firstly, I consider an entire ride on a roller coaster, analogous to life. The obvious truth you all must have chanced upon by now is, there are many ups' and downs' in life, as in a roller coaster ride. If you would have noticed, neither does the coaster remain entirely up or down. Every down is succeeded by an up, and vice versa. Of course, the really successfull manage to keep it up, for most of the time. But the fact is, nothing is permanent. If you have the mind for it, you can convert your downs' to ups'.

The above truth, I am sure, you all would have been aware of, but hang on, there is more. Let's concentrate during the phase when the roller coaster is slowly moving upwards. If you would have noticed while sitting on a roller coaster moving up, your eyes slowly light up. You can feel that increment from the bottom every second. At the same time, there is that lingering thought at the back of your mind, about the journey after you reach the top. At present you would be having no idea whether the coaster would go down or remain up for sometime. The same applies to life. When climbing the ladder of life, you never know what's going to happen in the future. So while climbing, your mind is in the hybrid state of excitement (or happiness) and anxiety. Let's see what's the situation is,when the coaster goes down. When you reach the top, and you stare at the depth from which you have climbed out of, your immediate reaction is to open your mouth, in happiness for achieving the feat and in fear or shock to brace for the steep fall. Same thing happens in life. When you know you are going to go down, that shock hits you. But as said before, every down is succeeded by an up. So don't worry. As they say, "Darr se mat daro, uske aage bado".

So far, we have discussed stuff external to the roller coaster. But there are facts to be extracted from within the coaster itself. This is applicable if you are in a roller coaster train.If you are sitting in the front, then you get to experience all the ups' and downs' firsthand. For you, it comes as a surprise, while for the rest, they know what's coming after seeing your position. If I could juxtapose it with life, then I would term you as the leader of any organization, because, the leader has to face all the hurdles firsthand, experience it, find out some solution, and only then can he direct his sub-ordinates on the correct route.

Another interpretation is, when the first car of the train, goes down, there are a quite a few cars behind, to take the powerful vacant postion. They are all waiting for that car to go down so that they can get a taste of the real stuff. Similarly, in any organization, once the leader steps down, there is immense competition for the successor. However, like in a roller coaster, only the next powerful postion can succeed. In life, people wait for the leader to go, so that they also can get to experience the dream of leading the company.

However, all this starts the empty coaster comes on to board the passengers. In a normal coaster, the person, who wants to sit in front, wants to enjoy it firsthand. Likewise in life, when the empty bus of oppurtunity comes, the person who wants to be the leader, will willingly board the bus first and sit in front.

So, after a lot of twists and turns, the roller coaster ride has come to a screeching halt. I hope you enjoyed the ride. In case, you have sat on a different coaster, it would be great for you to share any speciality, which you have witnessed in your coaster. So, let's have it from you, my friend.