Railway Tracks

I got an email this morning which was apparently excerpts of an interview with Rick Warren (author of the Purpose Driven Life franchise)

I must be honest - I'm not a big fan of the Purpose Driven Life. I am also a little suspicious of these 'interviews' when their source is not clear. I find they often spring up like urban myths. ‘Rick warren said . . . ‘ becomes a bit like ‘I knew this guy who got maggots growing out of his tongue because he licked an infected envelope . . . ‘

But for what it's worth here is a clip from the clip . . .

Rick on His Wife’s Cancer
“This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

I add it here because it makes sense to me.

My life is certainly more railway tracks than hills and valleys.

And yours?

Scott