Topic Of The Week: Extremes & Choice
Do you sometimes dream of an easy, uncomplicated life, without conflicts and other problems? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the path to your dreams and goals were like a high-speed train and not a roller-coaster or a trolley in a maze?
Really? Always?
Thoughts on roller-coasters:
- going up: (too) slow, impatient, anticipation
- at the top: enjoying the view, about to go down
- going down: losing the view, (too) fast, gathering momentum for going up
- upside-down: fear, change of perspective, lack of orientation
- in between rides: boredom, time-out and relaxation
- what is the destination?
Thoughts on high-speed trains:
- defined destination
- reaching the destination fast
- no detours or alternatives
- letting go
- relaxation or boredom
- what to do with the time saved?
Thoughts on trolleys in a maze:
- slow process
- lack of orientation
- back and forth – and again
- exploration
- alternatives
- sidetracks leading to dead-ends
Challenge yourself
Which times of your life would you describe as a roller-coaster, a high-speed train or a trolley in a maze? Were these times somehow related to each other? Did they help you to advance in some way?
Enjoy the ride š
Maria
Image Sources: via wikimedia.org roller-coaster, high-speed train, marshalling yard
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I’ve been thinking about this post….and am intrigued by the question. Well, as I continue to ponder….I think maybe I’m of the school…. “all who wander are not lost”. I think I tend to meander and wander, but remarkably I seem to go forward in varied positive directions that lead to wonderful, remarkable opportunities and understandings! So, I’m not sure what vehicle that might be?…maybe a wobbly bike rider?
š š – whatever you enjoy and brings you forward š Every vehicle has its special advantages and disadvantages.
Keep moving and keep smiling!
I don’t like roller coasters so I don’t ride them… The bullet train didn’t seem so fast on the inside and I do love those trolleys’ especially the ones in San Francisco. I’m in the trolley phase now and I’d like to see it settle into a steady cruise sometime. No, my life hasn’t been a roller coaster at all. Thank God! Did you take the photos? I love them…. š
For twenty-plus years my life had been a roller-coaster – or maybe that came from jumping from trolleys onto super-fast trains and then pressing the emergency button because I couldn’t deal with the speed….whatever, at the moment I enjoy my trolley ride very much. A sign of “old age” perhaps? š
Re: photos – I got lucky on wikimedia.org