{"id":14380,"date":"2020-05-31T17:38:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T21:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/2020\/05\/31\/a-barrier-a-before-and-after-picture\/"},"modified":"2021-04-25T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:49:18","slug":"a-barrier-a-before-and-after-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/a-barrier-a-before-and-after-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"A Barrier – A Before and After Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
James Anthony Ellis<\/strong> 
Editor, Legacy Magazine<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The roller coaster stands before you. You recall it from one of your childhood trips to an amusement park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look up at it. What do you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is it a large coaster? Is it small? Watching the riders on it, do you feel some concern? Do you feel adrenalin in your body? With a knot in your stomach, do you look over at a friend and say, “I don’t know about this.”   <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or do you think little of it, and move along for another ride, one a bit more enticing and thrilling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, consider the moments after riding one of the scary and humongous roller coasters, the ones with the giant dips and hairpin turns and intense loops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Directly after the ride was over, what was your response? How did you feel? How was your stomach? What were you telling your friend who joined you on the ride?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ask for a reason. I recall that some of the more joyous, raucous, laughing times with pals was after riding big rides such as Disneyland’s Space Mountain or Indiana Jones, or Magic Mountain’s Colossus, Midnight Express or X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can still recall my 11-year-old niece’s face before we rode Batman as we stood in line in the early 1990s. She’s looking down at the ground, shifting her feet, saying “I can’t believe you’ve talked me into riding this ride.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I know,” I say plainly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Immediately after the ride was over, she was all, “Thank you so much for talking me on this awesome ride!” Her face beaming. Her glee over the top. And that wasn’t even the biggest ride in the park. I think ultimately we did get around to Superman and the Revolution after the Jet Stream, Log Jammer and the Gold Rusher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the long drive home, she fell asleep before we even left the parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bottom line to these amusing stories? There is nothing more exhilarating and uplifting than that time period RIGHT after overcoming what appears to be an impenetrable barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What value is there without some barrier present? Would there be as much fun, joy and “success” without those barriers to overcome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n