I left in the evening only for me to get to the junction and there was no bike. I trekked to the nearest bus stop and waited for bus to take me to the next bus stop.
There were multitude at the bust stop/motor park but there was no bus nor bike, so I continued the journey (thank God that my host insisted I eat lunch, I for faint for road)
While trekking to the next bus stop, I was quite tired and hungry. My pace dropped and I was singing "this life I can't kill myself" in my head.🥱🥱😴😴😴
Along the line, a guy walked up from behind me and overtook my leggy-benz". In my mind I was like, haha, what is wrong with this one, overtaking me on my own lane ke🤷♀️
I increased my pace and the competition started. I checked the guy out and realised that he's not tall and has no long leg, so why should he overtake me, who does that🤷♀️😎😡
The race continued, I walked fast, ran, march and did all I could to stay ahead of him until I got very close to my bus stop.
I slowed down at that point because I was tired and I was very close to my destination.
In a twinkle of an eye, brother overtake and continued walking on.
The incidence gave me a lot of thought about life.
One of the reasons I used to console myself when he later overtook me was the fact that He is a man and I am a woman. We do not have the same strength.
Apology to the feminists but I know that I am the weaker vessel even though man and woman are joint heirs in Christ. I don't have the energy to drag headship with man because, the head has his own responsibility while I also have mine.
I know what my strength could take as a lady, I no dey do coconut head and struggle power with a man.
In essence, we are created equal but with different role and responsibilities with it's requisite strength.
Another reason was the fact that I guessed we most likely were not going to the same place and while I was waiting for bus at my own bus stop I noticed that he continued walking on.
I was right, he was going farther, me don reach my own bus stop.
Why compete with someone who is not going to the same destination as you. Why complain of your singleness when you married friends are heading to their own destination.
As I realised this truth, I just smiled and sat like a king in my bus😁😁😁
Another truth about my gist is the fact that there is a good side to competition in life, when it is healthy and self focused.
Competing with the guy made me increased my pace when I was to tired to keep walking.
I could remember that whenever we go for choir practice while we were younger, my siblings and I will have a competition where you must work fast and you must not run just to see the fastest **walker.
This competition always help us get home on time and made the journey fun. We also do this competition whenever we were given chores/tasks at home and it never ended in fight or tears.
This actually prove that as human beings, we can have healthy competition without any ulterior motive or bad intention.
When a friend, colleague or someone achieve a milestone or pushing for something, we can use this to **ginger our swagger to also go for our dreams without rivalry, jealousy or envy.
I mean, your friend publish her book, rejoice with her and kickstart that small chops business you have been stalling on.
Let the success of others encourage you to go after your goals instead of bringing them down, belittling their achievement or striving to achieve the same thing they did.
Live YOUR life but let the life of others encourage you for our journey is different and purpose is distinct.
