The Train

 

At birth, each of us boarded a train where we met our parents. We believed that they would always be traveling with us. However, along the way, at some station, our parents stepped down from the train, leaving us to continue our journey alone. As time went by, at different stations, others boarded the train. Many of these became significant to us. Brothers, sisters, friends, the love of our life, and even children boarded the train.

As time goes on, many of those will step down from the train at different stations. Some, by getting off the train, will leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we won’t realize that they are gone, their seats now empty.

This train ride will be a mixed bag of joy, sorrow, expectations, hellos, surprises, great happiness, ravaging hurts, and great happenings, lost dreams, missed opportunities, farewells and goodbyes. The trip will be successful if we have a good relationship with all that board the train while we are on it—including the Engineer who actually owns the train. In fact, in the Engineer’s Book it clearly states that while on the train, each is to give the best of themselves and trust that the Engineer will provide for them a safe and rewarding trip.

There is a mystery about the train. No one knows at which station he/she will step down from the train. And that is why, in the Engineer’s Book he shares with all of his passengers, he shows each passenger how to live the best way—love, forgive, and offer the best of who you are. It is important that each passenger do this, because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty, we will be prepared to go to that very special train station where the Engineer lives—Heaven.

Bottom Line Thought: I hope that when I get to the station when it is my time to get off the train, that I will have lived in a manner that is consistent with the Engineer’s book, and will have been some sort of an example for those still on the train. How about you?