AS WE TRAVEL ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE; JUNE 3-19

SHALOM OUT THERE!

WHAT IS OUR MOOD, OUR SITUATION, OUR LOOK TO THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT OF DAY AND TIME?

NO ONE KNOW, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHEN OR WHERE OUR TIME WILL BE TO LEAVE THIS TRAIN RIDE. BUT RIGHT NOW TODAY, NOW, IF WE ARE READING THIS LETTER, WE HAVE THIS MOMENT, MAYBE WE HAVE ALL OF THIS DAY ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE.

HOW ARE WE USING IT? ARE WE DOING SOMETHING PLEASANT FOR OURSELVES? OR ARE WE PINING AWAY FOR WHAT WAS, AND CANNOT BE AGAIN.

 HAVE WE SMILED TODAY AT SOMEONE, AT SOMETHING? COULD WE MAKE SOMEONE ELSE HAPPY TODAY, WITH A SMILE, A HELLO AND SMALL CONVERSATION TO SEE HE/SHE IS FEELING TODAY.

HAVE WE NOURISHED OURSELVES WITH A GOOD HEALTHY MEAL, OR A GOOD NOSH? HAVE WE SAT DOWN AND LEFT ALL OUR TASKS AT HAND, TO READ A BOOK THAT WE ARE IN MIDST OF.

 HAVE WE CALLED A FRIEND, A RELATIVE, WHO IS THERE JUST FOR THE CALLING.

WE HAVE 'THIS MOMENT IN TIME' TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND DO SOMETHING NICE FOR OURSELVES! WE HAVE NO GUARANTEES OF TIME-NO ONE REALLY DOES, EVEN THE 'HEALTHY' ONES. BUT WE KNOW TO APPRECIATE EVERY BIT OF LIFE AND TIME.

SO FOR THIS MONTH OF JUNE, I AM WISHING ALL OF US (ME TOO, AS I SOMETIMES DROWN IN MY SORROW OF FEELINGS AND HAPPENINGS AROUND US),  TO SIT UP OR STAND UP AND SAY TO OURSELVES: NOW IS MY TIME! TO READ, TO SLEEP, TO VISIT, TO EAT, TO DO WHAT 'TALKS' TO ME! I COUNT AS MUCH AS OTHERS DO. AM I BOTTOM ON THE TOTEM POLE? LET'S CLIMB UP AND BE AT THE TOP!

I WISH US ALL GOOD HEALTH, GOOD ATTITUDE, AND A GOOD RIDE TODAY, NOW ON THE TRAIN OF LIFE!

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, NEXT MONTH, G. WILLING.
CHW