What if you Board a wrong train ...
You went to the station, all prepared and ready to start a new journey.
You had all the creative ideas & plans for the way and dreams about the destination.
You checked the train name, number etc. There were other choices also available, but you boarded this train.
Initially everything was fine, and then u realize that u have boarded a wrong train ( ... and train has already left the station).
Now what !
First intuition is to Jump out of the running train, asap.
I think this won't be a very good idea as you may land up no-where, probably get hurt too and you won't get next train very easily. You may have to walk a long distance.
Second approach:
Start running in the opposite direction. Fight with the train-driver, co-passengers, "the system" and GOD in general.
This approach will also not take you anywhere, because you are still in the train. You are going in the wrong direction. And probably not happy.
Third approach:
Sit back and Relax for few minutes. See outside the window, you may like it. Make friends on the way.
Talk to people where the train is going.
Look for a major station where you may find the train to your original destination. (Of course going back to the starting station and then taking the train may not be a good idea.)
Plan the journey up till that point. If possible book your tickets en-route, via mobile or through some friends etc.
Pack your bags, as soon you see your station get down, if required jump.
No going senti & mental for the train.
Third approach is what I have always believed in, up till now. And it has always worked for me.
My Dilemma:
What if the driver and the passengers DO NOT KNOW where the train is headed.
Everything is a CHAOS. People are either jumping out or fighting.
Some are pretty much relaxed, as they have given up. They have forgotten there original destination or have started thinking that going nowhere, for years now, is also fine.
Probability theory says that there is a finite possibility that this train might reach my original destination at some point of time.
What to do now ?
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9 Comments:
Good post
"Probability theory says that there is a finite possibility that this train might reach my original destination at some point of time."
Yes, but by then the oringal destination (the town's landscape and people)would have changed. Think - will arriving in Delhi in 1970's will be the same as arriving in 2005
My approach
Now you have boarded the wrong train, inquire with other passengers where is it heading? jumping midway most probably is a bad decision. now plan that what is the minimum time to get to the original destination.if that time is more than what u can afford better try looking the oppurtunites at the station u have landed classic example Columbus(India nahin to west india hi sahi
:).
purpose, destiny, dreams, fate .. bull !
your dilemna triggered off the moment you decided to board a train ( original/whatever).
What did you dream of ?
why is that what you dreamed of and also your creative ideas ALL wrong on 'this' train ?
probability theory also might state that at some point of 'time' this might be the right train !
as far as i know everyone has been on the wrong train their whole life or prolly just forgotten that there are other trains out there.
it happens when your in touch with reality ;)
What defined the train to be 'wrong' ... all perception ... whereas in fact the original train could very well have been the wrong one ... the train one boarded was the destined one and would lead to experiences never forgotten! ...
Who knows maybe jumping off the train with a parachute when its crossing a bridge was the best thing to do! ;)
Good article on your website, but the question is the destintion ? whether that is fixed? what if it is also changing with time and jouney? delhi or mumbai , how does it matter ?
you need to move and always move , whether right or wrong only future will tell. so relex and enjoy at the present.
Kaya yar Tain mai ku gaya. Motercycle mai petrol finish ho gaya tha kaya ? Bus pakad leytha.
Chal koi bat nahi ............
Auto pakad Ghar wapas aa ?
Om Prakash Kota
If the train provides a good meal (once a year), somehow trains starts looking right!
;D
Does it happen with everyone !
u might be able to relate to this feeling
http://headrush.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/brightfuture_1.jpg
That's a good one.
Why can't life be simple man !!
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