Merry-go-round -v- Rollercoaster

People spend a lifetime just trying to get by and to fit in with a life that isn't really of their choosing and it certainly is not one of their making.  There are those that can't and won't settle for this, they know that there is a passion for something else that they feel deep inside themselves.

The challenge is both in discovering what that something else is and having the courage to go against the belief of the masses who choose to ignore the feelings of something more.  The fear the masses would feel of exploring their passion and leaving their tribe is far greater than the seekers desire to experience it.

Both parties need to do what they need to do, but they can find it challenging to be together. More so for the one's trying to keep the status quo; they struggle to watch someone else seemingly breaking 'the rules' that they work so hard and sacrifice too much to maintain.

The passion seekers in life experience the roller coaster, the thrills and the dips of the ride that is life.  If you ride the life coaster enough you know that the dips are part of it and in that knowing you learn to enjoy those too because you know the truly exhilarating stuff is just around the next bend.

As in an adventure park, in life there are many different roller coasters to try, so once you've ridden one a few times there are others with something new to offer. 

Those that pretend they don't have a passion and pretence it is, for even though it may have been hidden away they will have a passion for something; these people have opted for life's merry-go-round, of which there is only one type.  It's safe and secure because all it does is goes around.  For that safety the thrills and the exhilaration of the not knowing what's coming next are sacrificed, and that's ok too, after all our freewill is our greatest gift. The thing is to exercise it consciously, from a place of educated choice, not from fear of the unknown and in a belief system that we have that has never been challenged.

Which ever of life's rides you find yourself on make sure you have first examined and know your reasons for making that choice. Be confident that you are there because you chose to be there.