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At birth we boarded the train of life and met our parents,and we believe they will always travel on our side.
However, at some station
our parents will step down from the train,
leaving us on this journey alone.
As time goes by,
other people will board the train;
and they will be significant
i.e. our siblings, friends, children,
and even the love of your life.
Many will step down
and leave a permanent vacuum.
Others will go so unnoticed
that we don't realize
they vacated their seats.
This train ride will be full of joy,
sorrow, fantasy, expectations, ( mostly unrealistic)
hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.
Success of the ride consists of having a good relationship
with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is:
We do not know at which station
we ourselves will step down.
So, we must live in the best way,
to love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are.
It is important to do
this because when the time comes for us to step down
and leave our seat empty
we should leave behind beautiful memories
for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
Unfortunately, carrying around the caboose of regrets, emotional baggage
and anger only just makes the journey that much more difficult
I wish you a joyful journey on the train of life.
Reap success and give lots of love.
More importantly, thank God for the journey.
Lastly, I thank whoever
for being one of the passengers on my train.
(By the way, I am not planning to get off the train anytime soon
but when and if I do, just remember I am glad for those of you who were part of my journey.)
It matters not how many passengers who board or disembark as much as the quality of passengers
who made a difference in our lives.
Comments (17)
I´ve been on many people´s trains during the course of my life. Some were only short rides, while others lasted right up to the final destination.
Used to travel on the Orient Express quite often - which was a 10-hour ride. Met many people from all parts of the world and had interesting conversations.
Apparently not all that important to share here I guess
But it sounds better from you since you're the poet here.
I'm on here to give the best of what I have.
And it's a wonderful write.
Nevertheless it matters not who wrote it what matters is the message.
We are all on this train and most probably especially myself don't belong on it. We choose who we want to ride with and sometime we don't have a choice for its already made for us. In the end when the train ride ends we all get to evaluate the quality of ride we had. We shall wonder if the light at the end of the tunnel is another train coming to run us over or take us onto another journey
But it does say: "when student is ready the teacher will appear" isn't it D?
However..the very same people are still asking me questions but don't really want to hear the answers.
Only then can we achieve the elevation we need to get there.
I'm trying my best D
Overall some want to try to be the engineer of other's but, dont always see the break in the track leading to a cliff.