I want to share this with you as it hit home for me - I know it will for you...

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This Great Essay was brought to my attention today from my girlfriend's father, Mike Morelli who happens to be the best painter I know as well and fellow Member of Motor City Connect. I want to share this with you as it hit home for me - I know it will for you...


THE STATION


                                         By Robert J. Hastings


  TUCKED AWAY in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision in which we see ourselves on a long journey that spans an entire continent. We're traveling by train and, from the windows, we drink in the passing scenes of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at crossings, of cattle grazing in distant pastures, of smoke pouring from power plants, of row upon row upon row of cotton and corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of city skylines and village halls.


But uppermost in our conscious minds is our final destination--for at a certain hour and on a given day, our train will finally pull into the Station with bells ringing, flags waving, and bands playing. And once that day comes, so many wonderful dreams will come true. So restlessly, we pace the aisles and count the miles, peering ahead, waiting, waiting, waiting for the Station.


"Yes, when we reach the Station, that will be it!" we promise ourselves. "When we're eighteen. . . win that promotion. . . put the last kid through college. . . buy that 450SL Mercedes-Benz. . . have a nest egg for retirement!"
From that day on we will all live happily ever after.


Sooner or later, however, we must realize there is no Station in this life, no one earthly place to arrive at once and for all. The journey is the joy. The Station is an illusion--it constantly outdistances us. Yesterday's a memory, tomorrow's a dream. Yesterday belongs to a history, tomorrow belongs to God. Yesterday's a fading sunset, tomorrow's a faint sunrise. Only today is there light enough to love and live.


So, gently close the door on yesterday and throw the key away. It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad, but rather the regret over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who would rob us of today.
"Relish the moment" is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118:24, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."


So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, swim more rivers, climb more mountains, kiss more babies, count more stars. Laugh more and cry less. Go barefoot oftener. Eat more ice cream. Ride more merry-go-rounds. Watch more sunsets. Life must be lived as we go along. The Station will come soon enough.


 

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That is beutiful.  I linked to it and posted it on twitter.


Plus, it is totally correct about being caught up in yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. I think that is part of my problem.  If I let go of that I think I would have a better handle on dealing with success.


 

Lovely story... It is true that we are always looking for a new destination ...or actually most of the time the situation and events happening around you changes. The change brings the need to adapt , and so the destination changes.


I read this long time back...


 


"Yesterday is history


  Tomorrow is a mystery


  but, Today is a gift ...Thats why its called a present"


 


The present is the journey...Thanks for sharing


 


Henry Joshua
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