Waiting for the wrong train

Imagine you are going on a journey. Somewhere really special, where you really want to go, somewhere you’ve wanted to go your whole life. When you get to the train station you see two trains. One is a bit odd-looking and strange, some of the seats look a bit hard and overall it looks a bit dirty and uncomfortable. On the next platform, there is a different train; it’s a super train. It looks familiar, safe, reliable, the sort of train a successful business person might prefer. The sign says it has air conditioning, a cinema, and a fancy all-you-can-eat French restaurant that is free. You think, “Wow! I just have to take this train, I couldn’t possibly make my journey on that other one, no way!” So you wait for this great train to get ready to board and the odd-looking train goes on its way. And you wait for the safe train some more and another odd train leaves the station, and another. All the while, as you are waiting for a chance to board this great train so that you can take your journey, more and more of the odd-looking trains arrive and leave.

But what if the nice train won’t ever board, what if it won’t ever leave the station. What if you are waiting for the wrong train?