A little boy and his parents were walking down the long and winding Time
Street. They passed many stores along the way each selling unique items.
The first store was Babes 'R us. In the showcase were millions of newborn
babies. Beside it was The Growing Palace and next to that 3T's: The
Terrible Teens.
They also passed many different people who were in very strange places
doing even stranger things. There was a group of men and women who were
fully grown but refused to come out of the 3T's store. One man kept going
around and around in a revolving door and the crowd inside and outside the
business could neither get out nor in. A quarter of the way down Time
Street the little boy saw a man standing over a cross and weeping, "Gertrude,
I can't go on without you". He had a ball and chain on his feet and would not
remove them, even though he had the key and his friends beckoned him to use
it.There was a woman who stood, very still, in the middle of the Street,
looking back down to where the Street began. "I remember. It was so much
better then," she kept on repeating. The little boy marvelled at this but
kept on moving.
As the young man came out of the Let Go to Go Mall with a Degree, an
executive job and a wife he noticed his parents were missing. Racing out to
the Street he saw them entering Death's car which sped off down the street
but he still trod on down the road. Soon the stores disappeared and there
was a great wilderness but still he continued. Until he met a man called
Father Time who strongly embraced him.
"This is my street," he said. "I designed and built it to be of good use but
many abuse it. They always like to stay in the past and not let go, wishing
they were back there. But, that's not what my Street is for. It's for moving
on, persevering, learning from your failures and slowly becoming wiser. You
can not retrieve lost time neither can you make it stand still. It is a One
Way Street filled with great joy and knowledge and success but it is also based
on how you view the world. Do not lose heart my child. Each New Year is a new
beginning for you. Forget the past and look forward to your future."
And the young man trod on.
-- Author Unknown
