The Train Stops

Imagine you are on a train ride. Suddenly the train stops and doesn't move for quite some time. No-one says anything about the delay, so you are unable to know what is going on. What can you do? You may get curious and try to find out, but nobody seems to know. You become increasingly nervous, impatient, restless. But by allowing these negative feelings to own you, the only result you get is to be upset, while the train  remains motionless. On the other hand, you can choose to be patient and distract yourself with other thoughts. As you trust that, eventually, the train will resume moving, time passes in a faster, less distressing way. It happens the same in your life, when you feel bored, unfulfilled, when the whole world seems unresponsive, un-cooperative, dull. This, too, shall pass! You know that. Try to apply it, the next time the need arises.