Train of life

How depressing for a new years day! wherever did you find that?

Sorry Serendipity but agree with*Lemsip*. Not today of all days!

I loved it Serendipity thank you for sharing

Not depressing at all - loved it.

I don't see how anyone could find that depressing!
Thank you for sharing.

I thought it was very appropriate for a New Year, particularly when you think of what we have endured and those people we have lost in the past two!! If the sentiments expressed in it were taken on board (excuse the pun!) the world might be a nicer place to live in. Happy New Year.

I was moved by this

Loved it. Thank You.

Thank you for that, how true.

wildswan16

I don't see how anyone could find that depressing!
Thank you for sharing.

Same!

I was very moved by The Train of Life and have forwarded it to many friends. Beautiful, not depressing. Thank you for sharing.

Oh yes, I love this.

Not sure why it's depressing to some.

Thank you Serendipity. So true.

Agree Buffyfly9

Wishing everyone on GN a Happy New year.

Suitable and thought-provoking for NYD.

Maybe not so much depressing as upsetting. Today is an emotional day for many people anyway.

I find it trite and tasteless rather than depressing.

I doubt I would find it appropriate on any day of the year!

Nothing and nobody will convince me that I could be expected to get on with everyone I meet in the course of my life.

The past 69 years have had their share of unlikeable, unkind or obnoxious people; a number of my "Fellow Passengers" presumably put me in one of those categories too.

I doubt the rest of my life will be much different.

And as I generally prefer staying put to travelling the metaphor didn't appeal to me either.

To those who need cheering up after reading this thread, I can recommend this year's New Year's concert from Vienna.

Nothing and nobody will convince me that I could be expected to get on with everyone I meet in the course of my life.

I have heard the Train Journey before and I like it generally. Life is a journey. But I have to admit it's true that we won't and couldn't be expected to get on with everyone we meet on the train.

It’s too twee and sugary for me. I also fear I’m the passenger that no one notices has ‘stepped down’.

Unless I have totally missed the point I did not take from it that I would like every single person that I meet through my journey of Life. I interpreted it to be an awareness of who we meet, to be open to question our prejudices and that we might miss a valuable friendship or encounter if we have a closed mind or a gloomy outlook.

BlueSky

Maybe not so much depressing as upsetting. Today is an emotional day for many people anyway.

It's an emotional day for me. The Train of Life brought tears as I remembered the very recent deaths of close relatives (December 2021) and the tragic death of my son not so long ago. My mother's death was also a Christmas death. I wasn't upset by The Train of Life, nor, for once, did I find it trite or sugary. Most of these things are sickly. I just found it very moving and actually helpful.

I liked it, too.

I think my train is subject to delays lately.

Happy new year, Serendipity

I think my train staff are on strike.

This thread has made me think of Phoenix, and her incredibly rude book titles.
Thomas the tank engine will never be the same for me after that.

My journey so dull, bleak and lonesome for a while. Long to get to a busy station!