Almost everyone has had the experience as a child of riding on a Merry-Go-Round. The Merry-Go-Round is still a featured attraction on most carnival midways and seaside boardwalks.
The interesting thing about the carrousel is that you climb aboard a painted wooden horse and off you go. There is much rattling and vibration, and the jarring music, and of course the sense of movement. Round and round you go and finally, the ride comes to a rest. And when it does, you find that you have arrived at precisely the same place you started from. In spite of all the dizzying movement, noise and excitement, you have not advanced even one inch. You are exactly where you started from.
For many of us, life is like a Merry-Go-Round. We expend energy, make lots of noise and imagine we are getting somewhere — only to find that after our dizzying journey we are precisely where we started. We have not advanced even one inch.
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