sadness and the ride

The ride begins. At first you're not sure, but after a few rounds you are loving it...it's so fun! After a few more revolutions you begin to notice that every once in while the ride stops and people get off...the reality of the ride sets in; the ride can't last forever, it will end, and you don't know when. Sadness about the end of the ride is inevitable at first. After that there are several ways to approach it. You can go crazy and enjoy only the highs thinking only about the thrills with your hands up in the air, you can be scared and hang on to the bar keeping your eyes closed until its over, or you can do what I do. I like to hold on to the hands of the people I'm with and laugh about the highs. I also like to occasionally lift my arms up and abandon myself to the feeling of fun. Ultimately the ride will come to an end. Hopefully quickly instead of slowly winding down until everyone is depressed and wondering when it's finally going to be over that they can't even remember how fun it was. I'm going to enjoy the ride for as long as it goes on.