Simplicity

I have always had this epiphany of how life resembles taking the mrt train, whenever I was at the escalator of getting to the train.

Yes. Life is like taking a train. There will be a line of people standing on the left hand side of the escalator. They are the ones who are taking life slowly. And there will be the line of hurried people, rushing down the escalator to get down. There will always be these few people who will run towards the train, hoping to catch it. Some lucky ones will manage to slide through the door in time, while the unlucky ones will just have to act like nothing ever happened. Here, it seems as though one may miss an opportunity in life when he misses the train. But as life goes, there will always be another opportunity coming along.

The earlier you get into the train, you will be able to find seats. It’s the latter ones who usually have to just stand around. It’s the same when it comes to work. (At least in mine) If you hop onto the job first, you will get the comfort of rising faster in terms of seniority. Hence, you will just have to wait until the early birds get off the train first, in order to get your seat. (This theory is not applicable to pregnant ladies, elderly and children.)

Getting onto the train at the right place and the right time is very important. This is where you get to meet people who are fated to meet you. Who knows, your prince charming may just be there?

Taking the train with people who can click with you makes the train journey a lot more easier and fun. It just doesn’t seem that long and lonely. Hence, the importance of having family and friends in life. People always come first! But of course there will be times when you wish to be alone in the train in order to collect your thoughts together.

Taking a train everyday is a fresh experience. You get to meet different people. Or you can even always be meeting that one particular person everytime. Same place, same time. You can observe people. You can be inspired. There will be times where I will even try to imagine the other person’s life story.

There are times when the train will just get stuck while you are on it. It will just stay there for a while. That’s how it applies to me now in terms of my work. I am just on that train, not knowing where and when to get off. Somehow, the timing just doesn’t seem right. It’s not easy to achieve my dream honeymoon, while sitting on this train. I can just hop off the train to get married. But I will not be on any train. Or, I can get onto another train and postpone my dream honeymoon till a later date. But what if a baby comes along? Questions, questions and questions.

Where are you heading now on your train of life?