Personal Narrative: Life Is Like A Roller Coaster

Have you ever been so afraid of something you would do anything to avoid it? Have you ever tried to overcome that fear to only end up back where you started, even more terrified of it? Have you ever had the feeling of accomplishment once you have overcome that thing you have feared most? Life is like a roller coaster. You should not listen to other peoples experiences, you can’t avoid it for long, even if you are scared, you get on the ride, take what the roller coaster throws at you, while you scream your head off, because in the end, you'll be just fine. It all started at the end of eighth grade when our class had taken a graduation party to Six Flags in Eureka, Missouri. Having never been to an amusement park, my adrenaline was through the roof, and I was excited for the day I had ahead of me. The car ride there seemed to last an eternity. We discussed all of the rides we were going to wait in line for, and how we were going to try to avoid vomiting on top of the highest rollercoaster in the whole park, Mr. Freeze. The
Freeze was the first thing you saw. It had a huge entrance, at least twice the size of a thirteen year old child and covered in shades of blue and off-colored white. The large ice cream headed figure above the entrance seemed to be smiling and greeting me as though the ride was not as bad as I had imagined and feared it to be. Surrounding the ride there was dozens of friendly looking people standing outside or coming out of the ride with wide grins, laughing, and talking about how it was not as bad as it seemed. The thoughts running through my mind were: what if it broke down, what if it kills me, and what if I vomit? As we walked past the ice cream man I knew there was no way I was going to let it devour me and send me backwards or two hundred and fifty feet into the hot summer sky. By the end of the day I knew I would either be on that ride, or holding the bags and jackets of my friends that