Today I decided to break the rules and wake up early, I took the risk of starting my day that early, I took my shower n got into my car to start my drive through the crowded city streets...
Well, before I go into details u have to know that I'm a normal guy living with his family in a cleaned, healthy n well designed neighborhood... We have a good house that gives us space for privacy, less noise and the ability of throwing parties...
We have more than two bathrooms, individual bedrooms, kitchen and a separate dinning room, t.v in each room, fridge and the house is air conditioned, we have balconies with garden view, we're away of our neighbors eyes, garage and dogs for security, we also have windows, curtains, sofas, chairs, tables..etc
We have lots of stuff that u all have in your houses,
Ofcourse I have to mention that golden statues and those silver forks n spoons to sound rich as all the above is just normal for everyone to have!!!
In fact, I feel sorry for you, sorry for the way you measure how wealthy ppl are, sorry that your eyes only see those meaningless stuff of gold and silver ...
When I start driving out of my neighborhood I saw that over rated residential compound where ppl who we never meet in daily life are living in, where others say it's a piece of heaven or as I hear the prices starts from an imaginary number contains lots of stupid zeros on its right..
At this moment I felt how poor I am, how my house is just a piece of shit comparing with those mansions, I looked up in the sky n asked God rudely why I'm not living there and the reason of making me have a life like this, I kept moving on my way, crossing cars and trying to reach my destiny as soon as possible...
I had to stop because of the traffic but my eyes captured the Nile view on my sight, I looked sadly and dreamed for a house with that view, imagining how my day can just be moving in a perfect way if eyes can see the Nile from my bed and that my mood would have been better if it's the view I see before heading to bed...
I started moving again with my car when I crossed that cabriolet Mercedes Benz,
FUCK I need this car" that's what my mind said deeply inside when I realized how my car isn't that fancy or even having that luxurious look of that one.
I finally reached the bank, finished my papers and took my money then I passed by a friend for some business reason n later I was on my way back home...
It was 40c and the feeling of a chicken Ina microwave was just the right description for myself in the middle of the day, the streets were over loaded so Had to take another way back that is less traffic but longer distance...
I turned on the air-condition to get sm fresh air n started to drive,stopped with a red light for 3 minutes but I just clicked on the iPod for sm music to break the time, i looked to the car beside me n found that fat guy wetted from everywhere, can't breathe and he was just looking at the green light to cross the street and I felt how blessed I am to have such an air conditioned car.
started moving when a bus just stopped suddenly in front of me and so I went aside to shout at the driver but only the image of those meaty creature sitting on each other with no space even to put your legs or a ladies's bags to have a place took my eyes and so I kept driving and thanked god for having my private transportation.
The street was taking me up n down, left n right and I had to pass a real messed, uncleaned and dirty market where I was watching vegetables on the ground, weird ppl around and fruits in a very bad condition that ppl were buying surrounding me, and thought for a second what if my mum had to get into here to grab some groceries!!
The houses around were half built,no windows, no sealing for the top floor and just a steel gate to secure it, balconies were closed to each other and no trees or even flower box can be seen around here, I drove slowly as the street was very narrow that a person can hold his neighbor's hand from the other side of the street through those openings in the buildings, I accidentally saw the entrance when I just thought how ppl will pass through without their heads down...
After 30 minutes I got out of that area to find my self in a very wide 4 rows double ways separated by a big garden of flowers n trees,
I looked around to find those small houses with its marble entrances and huge gates, cleaned streets and well designed market on the side of the street and a mall on the other side, moving along to find at last that small house I used to complain about few hours ago!!!
The point is that we rarely see what's under our feet but we go after what our eyes can't reach, we never see the details of everything but we just complain about not having everything,
I never thought that the tree means a lot to be seen on my way out of home, or how the car is important whatever was its type,
I've never tasted the benefits of shopping at mall with wide choices to shop in, or the importance of the aircondtion and the cold water that comes out of that fridge, the variety of spaces at my house or having separate television in my room.
The problem that we take all these stuff for granted and start to believe that it's like air n water, and that no doubt to negotiate about having it in the house when in fact you have to be thankful for having half of in your life as there is much things that we never see,others could dream of their life time...
I parked and look far to that compound but i turned my head to the other street n I looked up to the sky thankfully to god for having such a life.
Be thankful for what you have and not greedy for what others have,
The little you consider having can be the maximum that others dream for and those you look at and complain of your life style can be dreaming of the happiness, family or even faith you have.
Be thankful...
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