Simple Really

Its the simple things that we take advantage of the most. Its things like walking a dog, going to the laundrymat, reading the sunday paper, taking out the trash. In a way its the people we would have met in these simple situations that we take advantage of the most. All of us are just trying not to end up lonely. but we are. we are so very lonely. And its because of these everyday tasks that we look at as nothing more than that "a task". There are people we could meet, beautiful things we could be held witness to. small things we could do to make someone elses life less lonely and in turn make our own lives more full. Life is somewhat like a train ride. the train is steady, fixed you could say. It doesn't turn right or left. It follows a set course. it goes at a steady pace making few stops along the way. in a sense it is two dimentional. in that it can only go forward or backward. But the train is full of other people. not all of them going the same place as you but for the breif moments that you share together you are going in the same direction. You as an individual may choose to gaze on into the passing scenic views or even to indulge your time selfishly not observing the world around you. but you will get to where you are going just the same. If you choose this path.. you have missed the point. life is for living, for breathing, for laughing and enjoying the company of your fellow passengers. when the train stops for the last time everyone must get off. in a symbolic sense we can see this as the end of your life And in the end the train will stop at its final destination. and none of the passengers will have had an effect on how quickly it got there or where it got to but few will have learned the lesson of why the got on the train. Life is not defined as just getting to where you are going, it's not how you get there even. Life is defined by what you did in the time that was given to you.