There is this little game, my Uncle & I like to play. The Game: Whenever we are going out, the first person to board a bus going to his/her destination is the winner.
"On this day, my Uncle left the house for work. Ten minutes later, I left the house for the shop, as God will have it, I got a bike ride to the bus stop, which was fantastic because I passed my uncle, who was still far behind, trekking.
Infact, the bike man carried me two bus stops away which was awesome because where I alighted was a sure place to get a vehicle on time. As I came down from the bike, feeling good with myself, I saw my uncle smiling widely at me from the back seat of a bus, which was already full.
Imagine, after all the double 007, James bond moves, he got a bus before me and left me at the bus stop. As I entered another bus, I was infuriated and I started thinking."
After reflecting on the matter, I caught some things, let me share them with you. First, we were not going to the same destination. Second, where I was going to was a #50 naira ride, meaning it was of a close distance while the cost of his transport was #300 naira, which meant a long journey. Third,That he got a vehicle before me did not mean he will get to his destination before me.
This little game of ours, though, simple and of no consequence can be likened to the way we, all live our lives, unfortunately, some of us take it too serious and forget to reflect.
Let me explain, using this scenario: Whenever you go on social media; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat etc., you see the posts of your school mates, showing the progress in their lives through their pictures; snapshots of cute & tearful proposals on Yabaleftonline, colorful engagements & the perfect weddings on Bellanaija with multiple hashtags. The guys cruising in sleek rides on the way to their High paying jobs, trips to exotic places with their take home to mama bae, in short, their perfect lives, then you start to compare.
You take a good look at yourself and it's like you are have not attained much. You don't have a good paying job, talk more of a car, where will you even see bae, just forget marriage, till the next five years and everything just seems off and backward. Do you know what is happening to you?
To be continued...
