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On the Road of Life, we board trains which take us on various tracks towards our coveted destinations. These trains can take the form of a career, a commitment to a goal, a relationship, a marriage, a child.
When these trains take on a frenetic pace, and the world outside the window becomes a dizzying blur, we risk forgetting what truly makes life meaningful and enriching.
For instance, it doesn't matter what you do for a living. What matters is whether you know what you have a passion for doing, and if you have the courage to pursue it.
It doesn't matter how old you are. What matters is whether you will risk appearing the fool for love, or in the pursuit of knowledge or a dream.
It doesn't matter how much emotional hurt you've suffered. What matters is whether you've learnt to allow sorrow to open your heart and mind, or if you've become shriveled and bitter. For emotional pain may be unavoidable, but it is by no means indomitable. If we let the fear of emotional pain build walls around our heart, we shut all future happiness out.
It doesn't matter if you say and do what you should or ought to. What matters is if you can touch the nucleus of your emotional state in stillness - be it joy or pain - and let it enlighten your soul. Whether you can allow simple joys to permeate every fibre of your being and spirit you into the clouds, without fear of losing your footing.
It doesn't matter how highly educated you are, what make of car you drive, where you live, how much money you have, and how high you are on the corporate ladder. What matters is what sustains you from the inside when all else fades away. Whether you can truly be who you are, and feel the existence of a higher consciousness in the quiet moments of self-communion.
It doesn't matter if you can understand and accept the unsightly realities of life. What matters is if you have the courage to see beauty in life even when it's not pretty everyday; whether you can both savour the tingling warmth of the noonday sun on your skin and the exquisite chill of the early morning, or in the words of Oscar Wilde, whether you can "see the world in all its tainted glory and still love it".
So, as we speed along in the trains on the railway of Life, let us not forget what truly makes this Life special and worth living.