About a year ago I was on an epic trip on the ‘wonderful’ British rail network that led to me having far too much time to think and in turn led to me starting this blog. Therefore it is probably quite apt that time has brought me full circle, another epic train journey and again far too much thinking time.
I wonder if you can collect train miles like you do air miles. I’d have a good amount if you could. Anyway I’m not going to turn this into a monologue about the state of the national train system, as ‘interesting’ as it would be.
I look at then and now, two different times and as much as the situation is the same I’m in a very different place personally. We all get time for reflection, balancing in our heads what we have, what we want and just which ‘station’ we will eventually pull in to.
Take a seat (not a reserved one though), this train analogy may become arduous!
I have meandered along the wonky tracks of my life in the last year and come to a completely new place; it is fair to say that life has improved. I say I have meandered when in fact over the last few months it has been more like travelling on a Tokyo Bullet Train such has been the speed of change. Perhaps that partly explains why when yesterday I had a lull I became so reflective.
Laying out everything I ‘have’ in front of me I have more than a few reasons to raise a satisfied smile but we are talking about the human race here and that is never enough. Each and every one of us is guilty of wanting to squeeze out more when we could possibly have the best hand that could ever be gifted to us.
As I looked at my three day old curled up cheese sandwich somewhere on the outskirts of Reading I pondered why do we always feel the need to change what already works? There is such thing as a step too far (it is around Watford Gap, heading south). and it is time to appreciate the fact.
When life feels like it is as good as it gets that is more than likely because it is, at that point we need to savour it rather than trying to test it further to breaking point. There is a great chance that when pushed to breaking point that the debris will hit you and others stood too close.
Enjoy the journey however wonky the tracks become, look out of the window and take in the changing scenery but get off the train when you feel like you have reached the right destination for you. Going that extra stop could easily leave you in the wilderness.
Take care my friends
Enjoy today, look forward to tomorrow.
WONDERFUL! Isn't it awesome how life can be so wonderful at times. You are right not to push the boundaries of life's set path. For some reason in our minds we know where and when we are at the best place and a little voice tells us that so much better could be farther and it is our decision to go or to stay and bask is the already AWESOME place we have stopped......to steal, of course, your analogy. :o) Take care...and keep a seat for me....
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