Wednesday, December 12, 2012

STORY STORY!!!!!!

I do not consider myself  one of those people that always create fiction stories and try to draw a lesson out of it. But today, a situation i found myself in got me into that state where i draw a motivational lesson from a story that is real.
 I went to Ikeja to get some stuffs done for my sister and when i was through i headed directly to the motor park where i found a long queue of people waiting to board Three wheelers(Maruwa) that were yet to arrive. I got in line, having about 20 people in front of me.
After about 10 minutes of standing in line, i looked farther upfront at the lady that was now in front of the line and i envied her position, wishing i was the one there, the one who would be leaving the queue next and be on my way home. I stood for 25 more minutes or so, i kinda wasnt keeping track of time, i got into a three wheeler and, yipppeeeee!!!!!!!, was heading home.
We hadn't even  moved a mile from the park before rain got drizzling and a few minutes after that it started raining heavily and we all know Maruwa now, No Doors And No Window. The raindrops got my Caribbean  skirt, my bag and the package i got for my sister really wet and the driver got some sort of long  rectangular leather to shabbily covered the opened right passengers seat side. The leather offered little help.
 Halfway across the journey, I saw the same lady on the main road standing with dejected look on her face, i wondered what got her into such state and my question was answered when up ahead the three wheeler that she had boarded earlier had a fault and all the passengers were dropped on the road while the driver was trying to fix the problem.
I was instantly glad that i  had gotten into the ,Maruwa that i was in.
Basically am trying to say that one can find oneself in a place where we envy the position of others, that's naturally but acting on that feeling, JEALOUSY, might not be the best idea. Being patient, hardworking and resilient might surprisingly get you past or with the person you envied. So i guess this makes me a motivational storyteller. Abi na for my mind?

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