The Future

June 11

I am thankful for the future. Good or bad, it gives us something to prepare for, something to look forward to, something to anticipate, and something unknown. It is the place where our dreams lie in waiting.

This photo is of a traintrack in Texas. I used it here to represent the future because of the track disappearing in the distance and ascending a hill at the end as symbolic of our futures' bright promises. Paul Simon uses the metaphor of a train in the distance in his song "Train in the Distance" of a wishful and romanticized future which doesn't pan out. But his line "the thought that life could be better is indelibly woven into our hearts and our brains"(© 1981 Paul Simon) is so true. I, however, prefer to think of it in a more positive way. My train in the distance will take us to new heights and the fulfillment of our dreams!

future

everyone is on a journey to their future

some more so and some less

but how and when we get there

is anybody’s guess.

© rt tulley