{"id":91,"date":"2007-12-30T19:50:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T03:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/30\/riding-the-roller-coaster-of-life\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:17","slug":"riding-the-roller-coaster-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/30\/riding-the-roller-coaster-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding the Roller Coaster of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/30\/riding-the-roller-coaster-of-life\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F30%2Friding-the-roller-coaster-of-life%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Okay, I admit it&#8230; my life seems like a roller coaster sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>It goes up, up, up, and everything seems so perfect&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And then it plummets down, and I wonder what the heck went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s up again&#8230; up and down, up and down.<\/p>\n<p>Know what I mean?<\/p>\n<p>Well, our friends <strong>Jafree Ozwald<\/strong> and <strong>Margot Zaher<\/strong> noticed that too.  But they say it&#8217;s how life is meant to be.  And I think they&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n<p>Barry and I just posted an article over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/buckle-up-for-the-ride-of-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LWL Worldwide blog<\/a> that discusses the concept, and invites readers to post their thoughts in our forum.<\/p>\n<p>Up for discussing the roller coaster of life while you ride it (and don&#8217;t get off)?<\/p>\n<p>Join us over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/buckle-up-for-the-ride-of-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LWL Worldwide blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/heather_sig.jpg\" title=\"Heather Vale\" alt=\"Heather Vale\" height=\"31\" width=\"185\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I admit it&#8230; my life seems like a roller coaster sometimes. 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