I am an electric locomotive, and today, after much introspection, I am here to share some of my innermost thoughts about myself, and my creators - The Human Beings.
I have started my journey from a railway terminal, and currently I am sprinting at full throttle towards my final destination - another railway terminal, thousands of miles away. Throughout the length of my journey, my job and mission is to haul a long train of bogies from one station to another. I am supposed to be powered by the overhead electric cables. It is only when I make conscious efforts and raise my pantographs, I become truly empowered. In the course of my amazing journey, so far, I have crossed numerous beautiful stations, awesomely strong bridges, extremely dark tunnels, lush green fields and much more. I have witnessed the almighty sun traveling its own journey, radiating energy from one horizon of the sky to the diametrically opposite horizon. I have enjoyed the warmth of the sunshine as well as the coolness of the raindrops as they drench the earth below.
Each time as I crossed junction after junction, I did make choices to take the lesser known tracks that led to many unknown, yet beautiful destinations. At some major junctions, I was detached from the train I was hauling, and
was reassigned to haul some other train. Even though it felt painful to let
go of the train and it's passengers, whom I hauled so far and became an integral part responsible for their journey, still
then I am not supposed to get emotionally attached. My idea
professionalism lies in my job of hauling trains to the best of my
capabilities; be it the coaches of an express train or a superfast train or
even heavy wagons of a freight train.
So much about me, but a lot needs to be said about my God gifted creators; the humans. Sometimes I wonder, despite having striking similarities in our daily lives, how come the humans get affected by negative emotions like unhappiness, jealousy, disappointments and frustrations. It makes me sad when I see human beings fight with each other in the name of God, without realizing the true nature of the almighty. The electricity which powers me and gives me life to do my job is also a form of God. The way I make conscious efforts to raise my pantographs and connect with my God, humans also have the same capability to connect with their God via their brains. It is only, the conscious effort to connect with the almighty that is required. Similar to my life, humans have also started their journey on this planet from their birth to the ultimate death. In between these two terminals, they also witness various day to day events, similar to the way I cross fields, rivers, roads, canals, tunnels and stations. Like me, my creators also haul tons of responsibilities from one stage of their life to another. Where my life is simple, because my sense of professionalism does not allow me to get emotionally attached with anything - neither the path of my journey, nor my responsibilities; my creators get trapped in the bonds of emotional attachments and face disappointments when those attachments snap. While I make choices to tread upon lesser known tracks, and consequently enjoy the adventure of discovering unknown & unchartered, yet beautiful destinations; the humans beings tend to follow a set path in the name of traditions. They lose out many opportunities to do things differently in their day to day lives, and ultimately gain nothing, except tons of regret for all those things they did not do in their life. In contrast to my journey, where I have to haul heavy trains to the best of my abilities, humans encounter unnecessary frustration and jealousy by focusing on other's capabilities & responsibilities.
Sometimes, I wish my creators, could understand my unspoken words, and live a peaceful life like me.
As I speak, we have reached my final destination. I must bid farewell to you all, disconnect myself from the overhead wires and shut down; till next time, another lifetime journey with another set of coaches and a new destination to conquer.
Adieu.
Thank you :)
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