Locomotive Breath

In the shuffling madness
of the locomotive breath,
runs the all-time loser,
headlong to his death. - Jethro Tull

Much of the time life feels like it is filled with shuffling madness. It goes from being perfectly calm one moment, to inexplicably frantic the next. Even though what we do in this life doesn't always seem to be pointing in any specific direction, in all eventuality we're all heading inevitably headlong into death. This eventuality cannot be avoided, and it will happen no matter the actions we take.

If life is like being caught on an unstoppable train and we can't get off, then the only thing that can be done is to choose the actions which don't make us the all time losers. Even if we try to jump the train (which would be a loser thing to do), the only thing we would be accomplishing is something that will happen anyway, which is death (since most everyone can die, it really isn't much of an accomplishment). Living well is truly an accomplishment.

Life is to be lived, not to be observed. Life does seem to speed by fast like an unstoppable train, but we can still admire the scenery, and we can still live life.

I will not be the all-time loser, and I will see this train ride to the end of the line; getting off early is not an option.