Back Seats

For those who’ve been to Nairobi, I’m sure you are quite familiar with the long queues that are there during rush hours when guys wait for matatus, I don’t know whether the population of guys has increased that much because some years back we were not experiencing this.

The worst thing is, you’d wait for a matatu then after those who had lined up ahead of you take their seats, guess what remains? The back seats, another horrible experience . Most people, myself included hate the back seats of the matatu because of the discomfort that comes with it especially on a bumpy road. The good thing, the touts don’t force you to occupy the seats, it is your choice to wait for the next matatu or occupy the remaining back seat.

During this scenario, it’s either you choose to experience the horror that comes with those seats all in the name of getting home as soon as possible or wait for another matatu where comfort is guaranteed and you get your value for money, most times if not all I choose the latter. Life is tough already, I can’t imagine struggling in a matatu as well haha.

Significantly in life, we get to experience such scenarios all the time, having to settle in a stressful environment whereas there are options of finding peaceful places, having to make decisions that don’t favor us but you still put the interests of others before.

Life has no formula, but I’m learning to make choices that favor every area of my life without having to endure “some” situations all in the name of it will get better someday, yet I have options.

Life is too short to experience some things that could be controlled.

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