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Life Is Like A Day In An Amusement Park — A Lesson Learned Too Late

Lukas Schwekendiek
5 min readJan 6, 2022

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At the end of that day, we all have to leave the park. No one is exempt from that. We all die sooner or later, and, until then, we are stuck in this park for better or for worse.

This park is filled with rides, with thrills, chills, with horror rides, exciting rides and very relaxing rides.

We have an entire day to spend here in whatever form we see fit! This park is gigantic and it is all ours to explore!

And while the world is filled to the brim with a variety of rides and experiences to make, most of us go through complaining at every little thing.

We complain about the long lines, the expensive food, and the rides that we deem not worth the wait.

We complain about there being too much sun or too little, of rides being too exciting or too boring, and complain about every person in the park.

The thing is, none of that will make the rides more fun or the people nicer, and it definitely will not give us more time in this park.

We will still only have this one day, so why waste it being so negative?

We can choose, at any point in time, to enjoy where we are or to hate it. We can choose to throw our hands in the air at every ride or to go at it all with a…

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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