Welcome to the Carnival
Life; like a carnival is full of many different rides and experiences.
It's noisy, chaotic, distracting yet beautiful.
There's oddities, side shows, animals, fried foods, funhouses, games, roller-coasters, and the occasional "Tunnel of love".
If your not careful you can get caught up in a haunted house or two and lose a lot of money playing games you can not win.
There are scams and cheap prizes.
There is laughter, tears, screams of joy and fear, cotton candy, and sometimes even vomiting.
You can walk around quietly observing your surroundings. You can people watch or you can participate and become the person people like to watch.
You can ride every ride you come across or stay on the "Tea Cups" all day.
You can spin and spin and spin around until you're sick, if that is what you choose to do.
Do you play is safe on the slow rides or do you fancy the thrill and rush of the fast ones?
Like a carnival there are the "thrill seekers" and the "quiet bystanders".
Neither one is wrong and sometimes we cycle through phases of both.
It's all about knowing when to get off the ride and when not to even get on it in the first place.
Play games if you want to but don't expect to win a big, fancy, prize.
If you do win by some strange circumstance or stroke of luck, be grateful for it.
There will come a time when the weather grows colder and the carnival comes to a close for each of us.
We all share in that together as Carnivals weren't meant to last forever.
Be thoughtful and kind as the seasons change and humbly pass along the carnival to the next generation.
You'll always have the memories.
It's noisy, chaotic, distracting yet beautiful.
There's oddities, side shows, animals, fried foods, funhouses, games, roller-coasters, and the occasional "Tunnel of love".
If your not careful you can get caught up in a haunted house or two and lose a lot of money playing games you can not win.
There are scams and cheap prizes.
There is laughter, tears, screams of joy and fear, cotton candy, and sometimes even vomiting.
You can walk around quietly observing your surroundings. You can people watch or you can participate and become the person people like to watch.
You can ride every ride you come across or stay on the "Tea Cups" all day.
You can spin and spin and spin around until you're sick, if that is what you choose to do.
Do you play is safe on the slow rides or do you fancy the thrill and rush of the fast ones?
Like a carnival there are the "thrill seekers" and the "quiet bystanders".
Neither one is wrong and sometimes we cycle through phases of both.
It's all about knowing when to get off the ride and when not to even get on it in the first place.
Play games if you want to but don't expect to win a big, fancy, prize.
If you do win by some strange circumstance or stroke of luck, be grateful for it.
There will come a time when the weather grows colder and the carnival comes to a close for each of us.
We all share in that together as Carnivals weren't meant to last forever.
Be thoughtful and kind as the seasons change and humbly pass along the carnival to the next generation.
You'll always have the memories.
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