The Author's Corner: Tracks

It is a summer’s evening as you are walking west down a backroad. The sunset lights that sky with reds, yellows and oranges. It is a clear night as you come to a set of train tracks and in the distance, you can hear the horn of an approaching train.

As the train comes closer you can feel the vibration of the rails. Looking down the line, you see the light on the engine and then the horn goes off as it comes to the crossing. The tracks curve to the west and the train passes you as it heads into the sunset.

For what it is worth, our lives are like a train on a set of tracks. We follow them to no end and the only thing we can do is decide where we end up. Everyone has a path in their lives and as much we want to say we have control of where we are going, it is not the case.

The only thig that we have control of is the choices in our life. Still those choices are not really in our control because they come from the life in which we are living. Always a choice of many paths which will lead to different destinations. When hard times come, it always come down to choice.

A lot of people live in their past and allow it to control their decision making. The choices are there to see clearly, do we follow the old way of thinking and play a victim or do we stand up to take control of our way of life.

The simple choice you make today could turn out to be a decision that changes your life forever. That simple word no can change a negative to a positive. The fact is that when we are faced with a decision, a lot of people take the simple path that everyone else follows; for the few that take the harder path always seem to do better in their life.

With that being said, there are many things that help for our way of life no matter how easy it is or the other way. We all have a choice every day when we wake up. Those choices start with the beginning of day when you get out of bed. A simple choice could be getting out of bed when your alarm goes off the first time. This one choice could change everything in your life.

It is up to you to make the choice you need to for your life. You can follow what society tells us to do or you can make up you own mind and live your life your way. Which track do you want to be on?

Stay safe.