Life is most certainly a moving train. It has its scheduled stops, passengers get on and get off. You might as well enjoy the view while you’re there because ultimately, the train eventually keeps on moving. Just as the train empties and fills with new or old people, as you approach the last stop, there’s typically far less people that make it to the very end with you. This is just like life. Think about it, your life has been this never ending train ride. Your first stop was long ago, and probably looked a lot different than how it looks today. Some faces may still be familiar, like family or parents, but it’s likely that most of those other faces got up and left a while back. The thing is, life doesn’t stop because a single person or even several people get up and leave it. It was simply their time to go. To make things more complicated, everyone has their own individual life train. Everyone is the main character of their own story of life, so as someone exits the train, they may view it as entering a new train of their own. The life train keeps going though, it doesn’t stop just because someone left it. This is important to understand, because we get so attached to the familiarity of our train, we forget that the people and things in them are all temporary. The true beauty of the train ride is the actual journey, not any one destination.
Just like moments in time, people run their course in your life train. They sit there, enjoy the ride for a bit, and get off at some point. This is the inevitability of life. Don’t whine about it, don’t cry about it, and don’t falter, simply accept that their stay had come to an end. Nothing in life is beautiful because it lasts, it’s beautiful because it happened, and you had the opportunity to be a part of it. Don’t fight the ever moving train of life, embrace its many stops, and continue going. Eventually, you’ll approach a new stop, and new people will enter the train. Maybe some stick around longer than others, but who knows. The people who rode the train with you previously become distant memories, moments of time, forever engraved in the universe. You can thank them for their time, the memories, the lessons, the mistakes, and then let them go. Dont stop someone from exiting your train of life. If someone decides it’s their time to leave, you shouldn’t force them to stay. They might have another train to catch, and that’s okay.
The impermanence of life is what makes life beautiful. The train keeps going, people come and go, things and surroundings change. All a part of your journey in life. Accept the people that have chosen to leave, and embrace the ones who decided to stay. You will not abandon your own train for any one person. You will keep riding, until you reach your destination. Enjoy the journey while it lasts. Enjoy the people while they last. You just never know when it may be their time to leave.