Thursday, October 27, 2011

Weekly Blog 5 - Train to YuccaPukeA

The hardest part of staying happy is the Train to YuccaPukeA. The sign on the way into town reads,"YuccaPukeA - Where there's always mold in the refrigerator door."

The train to YuccaPukeA is passing constantly. In Grandpa's day, the express trains would blow past a station and a curved metal hook would be dangled out to scoop up the mail bags. Many modern day riders on the Train to YuccaPukeA do the same thing. Since they want company for their miserable journey, they dangle those emotional hooks to capture you onto the train. It takes effort to avoid that hook. We all have reason to ride that train, but we don't HAVE to. Don't stand on the platform by the station so the hook can catch you. In other words, don't throw yourself pity parties all the time and be vulnerable to another's gloom and doom. The one great thing about the Train is this: You can always get off!

1 comment:

  1. These are great little pearls, Mary. Can you harness the web a little more? Find some relevant links? Or tie your anecdote to a news item? Try to make each post communicate your pearl AND connect to the other pearls on the www.

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