The train

Happy Wednesday evening everyone!

How was your day? We are officially halfway through the week, and the weekend is quickly approaching. What are your plans? Shoot me a text or drop me a comment, I’d love to hear from you.

Saturday is Kevin and Jagger’s big engagement party here at my new home and I can’t wait. It’s going to be a beautiful party with my baby boy being surrounded by family and friends, but most important, he’ll be celebrating his love for the gal of our dreams.

Sadly, his dad has chosen not to attend because the party’s at my home. As much as I’m okay with him not attending, it’s still sad that he can’t put his feelings aside and just enjoy our son’s special day. My heart hurts for my son.

So many parents allow their issue with their ex to affect their relationships with their children, and it shouldn’t be that way.

My opinion is this; We might not be right for each other, but we made some pretty incredible children and that’s all that matters. Life is too short to hold a grudge, especially when that grudge affects the children.

Tonight, as I sat down to write, I’ll admit, my mind was spinning. With so much going on, I didn’t know where to start, so, I went back to all my drafts, but this time, I started with the last draft saved and I’m so glad I did. I came across the poem below and thought right away, this is what I need to post tonight.

Guys, life is short and people will come into our lives and people will leave and we lose those we love when it’s their time to venture off into their new journey’s. When we stop and appreciate how short life really is, it’s easier to put things into perspective. It’s a waste of time to hold onto the negative. It really doesn’t get us very far. It just eats up our time and energy.

Below is the poem I found, and it really calmed my heart and gave me another sense of peace and gratitude. I would love to hear what you think.

“THE TRAIN of LIFE:

At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, strangers and even the love of your life. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. Others will step down over time and leave a permanent vacuum. Some, however, will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success 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, 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.

I wish you a joyful journey for the coming years on your train of life. Reap success, give lots of love and be happy. More importantly, thank God for the journey!

Lastly, I want to thank you for being one of the passengers on my train! “-Vincent Moore

This sure give us something to think about. I mean, the one part that really caught my attention in this poem was how some passengers on our train of life will go and not even be noticed. When I read that, it hit me hard. I keep playing in my mind who could have stepped off my train unnoticed. Gosh, I sure hope nobody.

While some folks that have hopped on my train were only acquaintances, there are so many that were friends. I sure hope I never let anyone off my train without a care or notice.

I’ve been blessed with some amazing people in my life, not only family, but friends too. Some friendships were for a season. The seasons were those cult friends I once upon a time had. Other friends were for a reason and boy, did I learn a lot from them. Then there’s those special friendships, the ones I made outside cult life. Those friendships are going strong and I’m grateful. They are my friends who teach me every day how friendships are a gift from God. They are His angels here on earth.

Well guys, who’s on your train of life? Has any hopped off unnoticed? If so, is that okay? For some folks that have hopped off our trains unnoticed, that might not be a bad thing, but only we can answer the reasons why.

Now, as you lay your head on your pillow, say a little prayer and thank Him for the amazing blessings in life that He has given us. We simply don’t know when our final stop will come upon us.

Time for me to say goodnight. Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read tonight’s post.

Please don’t forget, until next time, Love life++ Hugs.