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Memory Baggage
I am looking at this post and I can’t seem to find the words. Looking back at my life has always been a struggle for me. My childhood, teen years, and even college years all have a lot of hard memories tied to them. I guess you can say that my baggage car is full…
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New Year’s Maintenance
Making New Years resolutions is a long tradition that has been passed down through the ages. It is a time to reflect and consider what in your life you would like to change or make better. Most of the time we look at our health or our job goals, and set a new plan that…
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Our Conductor
1. Ensuring that the train follows applicable safety rules and practices2. Making sure that the train stays on schedule starting from the stations3. Opening and closing power-operated doors4. Selling and checking tickets and other customer service duties5. Ensuring that any cars and cargo are picked up and dropped off properly6. Completing in-route paperwork7. Directing the…
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Traveling through the holidays, Christmas
Whenever I think of winter on a train, I think of the child’s tale of the Polar Express. I imagine an old locomotive that is decorated for the holidays complete with Christmas greenery and lights. The train becomes a magical place where anything can happen, like dancing waiters serving you hot chocolate while singing Christmas…
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Comparison
Do you compare with other Trains? Society is constantly trying to get us to buy the newest and greatest things. And one of the ways they do that is by making us admire what other people have. It tempts us to look at our lives and compare them to others, then we start to form…
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Passengers of Life
This topic hits me a little harder than it may others. Even thinking about what I should write brings some sorrow to my heart and tears to my eyes. A train is created for a specific purpose, to transport something from one location to another. Whether it is to transport freight or passengers, trains travel…
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Weather Report – Heavy Snow
Snow is beautiful when it is softly falling over a beautiful landscape of hills, trees, and rivers. It almost seems like a crime to think any ill thoughts when everything looks like a sweet winter wonderland. But then there is another side of snow. With every snowflake that falls, it can potentially add to a…
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Looking Back
With every clickety-clack of the train over the rails, more and more track is left behind. I think of times past as moments of learning, helping us be formed into who we are today and who we will be in the future. Come with me to the back of the train, down memory lane. I…
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It’s Your Birthday
It’s your birthday, time to add another car to your train. I like to think with every year we get to start by add a new car to our train. Now when we are young we really don’t have a choice on what type of car we are able to add. A baby needs a…
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Twist and Turn
A railroad track is hardly ever a straight line. It often has twists and turns, mountains to climb and valleys to glide through. Today, I want to talk to you about the twists and turns that your life train will often have to encounter. When you think about a train going around a bend or…