Almost every life has two stories to tell.

There is a story of warm sunny pleasant days full of smiles, fun and good times.. a story of love, family and friends, where all is well and the expectations of the day are fresh and happy and few clouds in the sky... of laughing and playing in green grassy fields.. a story of long pleasant talks with good friends and precious loved ones.. of trips to happy places a tale of hugs and kisses, when it seems that the day will never end..

There is also another story to tell..... a story of tears and bitter cold days, hurting hearts, hospital rooms, suffering and death, funeral homes and crushed lives.. bloody wrecks, broken homes, broken dreams , sad children, abusive parents... divorce and parting … a story of failure ... A story of things that just didn't work out, of partings and endings of the good life..

Joy and despair are like different trains that run along the same tracks.. If we stand beside the tracks and watch long enough, we see both the shiny new happy trains and the long black trains go by...

Sometimes it seems as if the shiny happy trains speed by very quickly and the long black trains take forever to pass through our life.. because.. you see.. Every one of us must have our share of both good and bad..

Some days are spent with the warm sun of joy shining on our back, and other days are spent with the cold bitter winds of despair blowing in our face, and darkness closing in around us.. So my friend I would say.. with the help of God, tell your story from the happy side of the tracks just as much as you can.. and when you feel compelled to tell the story of your life from the dark side of the tracks.. tell it with hope and faith in Almighty God...

Because this train too shall pass..

Philippians 4:8: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

And in these words you will find the secret of happiness..

Ecclesiastes 12:1: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them."

And So, Here I Stand..