Twister...

Life is like a box of chocolates ?? Na.. too fattening

Life is a bowl of cherries ??....nope.. too many pits

I've given this some thought and I'd like to present my version of life.. and what it compares with !

Now admittedly I am no expert on the subject. In fact

I'm not sure anybody is. I think everyone would have

a different idea if ask to make a comparison .

The observations I have made have me leaning toward a 'Twister' or tornado. Let me explain. Lets take the basic shape of this weather phenomenon.

When we are born, our lives are a small and close knit unit with only our nurturing parents in our tightly wound revolving world. We have no other distractions, needs, wants or for that matter cares other than survival within our unit. Much like the base of a twister.

As we grow our funnel starts to expand as we reach out for knowledge, learning the fundamental tasks such as walking, speaking, expressing our feelings etc. and our lives (and our 'funnel' ) grow a bit .

Then comes the turbulent part of our lives as we reach out to become adults. So many decisions and choices to make, things to learn, growing up to do . I think this is the most turbulent part of life and usually the part of the 'funnel' that we get our first look at the destruction that our mistakes or misjudgments can cause. I think this is partly due to the different rates at which people mature. For the first time in our lives we are 'different' than our peers. Some are more advanced and in a hurry.. Hell bent on growing old. Others area bit slower to accept the trials and responsibilities of adulthood. I think this part of the funnel may have been a little longer in my life. As I look back I think the entire world was a step ahead ... but then that another entire post !

Now comes the largest and slower part of our life in the top of the funnel. As we get married , have children, buy homes and expand our lives, our funnel expands too to accommodate our growing families, material belongings, excess mental baggage we all must carry with us and we are caught in the swirling less turbulent cycle of life until the day when we simply lose force and settle back to the earth in much the same manner that we started .(insert ashes to ashes verse here )

Now !! I don't know if these funnels reach all the way to heaven or not. I have seen evidence to the fact that the 'eye' or center provides a clear view completely through them. I like to think that is a feature designed as an emergency port of sorts. As we swirl haplessly through life and we feel we are out of control, as we sometimes do, we have an emergency contact port available to us. All we need do is look up through the eye and ask for guidance.

As with all of my posts.. absolutely no forethought or research has been done on this subject so any variations on the scientific make-up of a tornado or life in general is simply a product of my late night lack of sleep thinking. But that's my theory and I'm sticking to it !