{"id":52904,"date":"2015-12-21T11:29:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=52904"},"modified":"2015-12-21T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:29:37","slug":"the-train-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/12\/21\/the-train-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Train of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

From DSC:<\/em>
\nI’m not sure where the item below ultimately came from, but it was in one of those emails that came to me via a family member.\u00a0 It reminds me of how people come in and out of our lives — and that goes not only for parents, siblings, spouses, and other family members, but also for teachers, professors, coaches, mentors, pastors, managers, supervisors, etc.\u00a0 They all help us learn and grow…and then we no longer have them in our lives.\u00a0 It reminds me of a learning ecosystem — constantly changing and morphing.
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So it’s very relevant not only to our personal lives, but a reminder to be thankful for those who have ridden a train with you, with me — if even for a brief period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Train of Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant (i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of your life).<\/span><\/p>\n

Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Others will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize they vacated their seats.<\/span><\/p>\n

This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.<\/span><\/p>\n

Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish you a joyful journey on the train of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reap success and give lots of love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, I thank you for being one of the passengers on my train.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From DSC: I’m not sure where the item below ultimately came from, but it was in one of those emails that came to me via a family member.\u00a0 It reminds me of how people come in and out of our lives — and that goes not only for parents, siblings, spouses, and other family members, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,425,37,500,7,248,480,293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel-s-christian","category-faith","category-future","category-hearts-matters-of-the-heart","category-learning-ecosystem","category-relationships","category-society","category-sociology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52918,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52904\/revisions\/52918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}