A Roller Coaster Illusion

Perpetual bliss is left for those that are not living in some sense of turmoil, heartache or climb. Perhaps you find pure happiness within the journey. Yes the journey, rich and full of what we like to describe as the roller coaster of life. Up and down, up and down as we watch the person in front of , to the side and behind us reach their hands into the sky while screaming in thrill or perhaps placing their hands over their mouths trying to deflect the force fed day old corn dog. YUMMY! So who are you? Do you raise your hands, do you deflect the nausea or are you one that holds on and just waits for it to be over? Do you go through the motions knowing one day you will pull into the candy train station of life covered in half digested corn dog or deaf from the thrill screams of others thrill rides? We can question the peaks and valleys but let us not today. Let us focus on the OVERALL experience.

Tribulations and joy are always a part of life and we learn from mistakes and relationships and hopefully grow with each passing lesson. I on the other hand question if I ever learn, apparently repeating lessons do not cement within my brain (bad habits die hard). One of my biggest flaws is that I am extremely aloof and my one constant is that I am never completely together. Rest assure I can say that I at least have a constant, right? I find the small flaws in life the most interesting. Imperfections make us human. Mismatched socks, Muppet hair (this is what my daughter likes to call fly away hair) snorting when you laugh, little self obsessions, family, likes and dislikes all make us what we are. But I question when we became so obsessed with perfection or the image of the roller coaster smile as you hurl so no one will see illusions of our lives, we've lost our own true identities to become a conglomerate of mirrors. I guess we can argue as humans, we like illusion and like to create illusion so we don't have to deal with the smack dead issues of our days, or do we crave illusion to create a false sense of purpose and self worth? I was told by someone I highly respect that purpose = happiness. Does this mean illusion creates purpose which creates false happiness? Perhaps the key is in finding our own purpose absent of image. IMAGINE THAT! Imagine a roller coaster you can choose to disembark at the safety ladder by choice, climb down perfectly content and follow your own accord, look left and then look right and choose to follow the path of self purpose. You'll end up finding your happiness! I'll bet you this bowl full of pasta that you won't be disappointed. Illusion on my friends.