Are You On The Right Train?

One of the questions the Secret (the movie and book) leaves unanswered is what it is that you should wish for. If you think about it, there are so many wonderful things out there you could get or accomplish that day-dreaming about a new car seems pretty meaningless and wasteful.

Yesterday somebody told me a story that powerfully resonates with this thinking.

Two men took a train to get home. As the train left the station, the first man made himself comfortable by the window to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the area the train was coming through. The second man seemed nervous. He started running back and forth inside the car looking lost and and distraught. The first man distracted from his quiet thoughts lifted his head and asked the second man as to why he was running around. The second man replied that he was trying to get home faster. Why, asked the first man. You are already on the train that will take you home, and all this running won't get you there any faster.

The morale of the story: the most important goal is to choose the right train, as once you are aboard, it'll take you where you want to go. Are you on the right train?