Life, a word that marks the greatest ride of our lives.
It's like an amusement park, filled with things to catch the eyes and rides like love and demise, which will make your heartrate rise.
We are all meant to play.
Whether you are black as night or white as day, confused, straight, bi or gay, old, young or middle age, fat, skinny or idle weight, late or early at the gate, the entrance fee is still the same.

Everything as far as your eyes can see is free, or so it may seem.
Free, a four-letter word that seems to send people into an insensible frenzy.
For company's sake, with every ride, you are allowed to take along a partner or two. But what life didn’t bother to tell you are the rules of the amusement park of life. You think you are in euphoria until it’s time for you and your partner to part. Although the rides are free, or so it may seem, the catch is that this beautifully well-thought-out scheme means that for every partner you take with you, a little part of your heart is given as a memento or a keepsake.
By the end of the day, you’ve made a lot of friends, some good and some bad, but you’ve had the time of your life. You’ve ridden every ride at least twice; you’ve touched many lives and helped others smile. And you are no longer a newcomer to the game of life, but rather a seasoned veteran. It’s time to close your eyes as the ride stops and the park lights are turned off.

Thus ends the ride of our lives.

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Meaning
Your birth is the gate.
Entrance fee: the first breath you take
Rides: The relationships that people form throughout their lives.