Yesterday, I had plans to work on most of my train ride from Baltimore to Boston. I like the rhythm of the train and I have done some good thinking on this journey. However around 4pm yesterday, the train I was on struck a person who was walking along the tracks. 1/6
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The train was moving very fast; I felt a jolt and breaks but it didn’t feel like a anything more than a strange decrease in speed. We passengers were not told anything except that there was a “trespasser” on the tracks. 2/6
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I found out from twitter and the Philadelphia Inquirer that the train had indeed struck someone, but there was no report of whether this person survived this accident. Because we didn’t know what had happened, the passengers sat for over 90 minutes—wondering. 3/6
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Once I knew what had happened, I didn’t travel well for the following several hours and I was antsy. I felt sorry for the passengers who may have missed flights or connecting trains, but I thought more about this person who for some reason ended up walking on train tracks. 4/6
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While I don’t know what caused this person to end up on the train tracks, this situation leads me to think about this part of the year and mental health. So many of us push ourselves to do and be so much for each other or feel guilty or sad for a variety of reasons. 5/6
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So, to honor this person and to be kind to myself, I will not work today. Instead, I’m going to use this very privileged position I have to rest today and not try to make words appear when they won’t. May all of you rest today—alone or with people you want to be around. 6/6
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