Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Robert Hastings wrote….

Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision in which we see ourselves on a long journey that spans an entire continent. We're traveling by train and, from the windows, we watch the passing scenes of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at crossings, of cattle grazing in distant pastures, of smoke pouring from power plants, of row upon row upon row of cotton and corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of city skylines and village halls.

But uppermost in our conscious minds is our final destination--for at a certain hour and on a given day, our train will finally pull into the Station with bells ringing, flags waving, and bands playing. And once that day comes, so many wonderful dreams will come true. So restlessly, we pace the aisles and count the miles, peering ahead, waiting, waiting, waiting to get to the Station.

"Yes, when we reach the Station, that will be it!" we promise ourselves. When we're eighteen. . . twenty-one…get that fabulous job…meet Mr. Right…start our family. . . put the last kid through college. . . buy that 450SL Mercedes-Benz.  That day, that moment, will mark the beginning of our own personal “happily ever after.”

Sooner or later, however, we must realize there is no destination, no Station in this life, no one earthly place to arrive at once and for all. The journey is the joy. The Station is an illusion--it constantly outdistances us. Yesterday's a memory, tomorrow's a dream. Yesterday belongs to history, tomorrow belongs to God.  Yesterday's a fading sunset,  tomorrow is a dawn we may never see.  “Now” – this moment – is when we live.