"Ni ya leo, bei ya jioni, mbao tu! Niaje brathe utachukua moja, siste na wewe je, hizi chuja ndio zimeingia saa hii!" These are the words that pierce the busy streets of Nairobi as you walk by to your various destinations. Everyone is trying to hussle & make that the coin. Well, that is just but the icing of the day, in the evening or in the wee hours of the morning while you are in traffic, you will hear a gentle tap on the window near you.
Looking you see a young man or woman, smiling affectionately & offering to hawk his or her wares to you, "nikuuzie nini leo, niko na maji ya kunywa, ndizi, PK, tropicals sema tu nitakuzia". Your first instinct would be to snob him & shut the window closed pretending you didn't hear a word. He or she won't give up they will still try again. What you don't get is that your acts though rude won't dampen his or her spirit.
Lucky are you, for you have a job to go to & earn your pay, but for him or her right there is his or her bread and butter. Anyway I don't want to bore you with this tiny facts, I can see you want me to get straight to the point. Well then here it is, most of those who are around you are struggling to make it in life & leave a mark of happiness in their wake. For example the person who sales to you that ice cream cone in the streets, do you think he gets to eat it?
Don't look at me, I don't know am just asking! Yet each time you approach, him or her always has a welcoming smile as they sell you a delicious, mouth watering cone of goodness to help cool off the hot sunny days. Now, think back since they are promoting a product that they hardly touch, do they ever get a little piece of paradise for their sake. Am sure you wouldn't know because you are always out there trying to make it for yourself.
As you live your blissful life, know that not every body who looks happy is happy. They just have a way of masking how they feel inside and put on a façade masking despair. Each day to them is a struggle, as they try to make ends meet. You don't have to buy that which is been sold to you but you can be courteous enough to say, "asante sitanunua leo, pengine siku ingine" & not howling like a mad man in a market cussing them out.
Looking you see a young man or woman, smiling affectionately & offering to hawk his or her wares to you, "nikuuzie nini leo, niko na maji ya kunywa, ndizi, PK, tropicals sema tu nitakuzia". Your first instinct would be to snob him & shut the window closed pretending you didn't hear a word. He or she won't give up they will still try again. What you don't get is that your acts though rude won't dampen his or her spirit.
Lucky are you, for you have a job to go to & earn your pay, but for him or her right there is his or her bread and butter. Anyway I don't want to bore you with this tiny facts, I can see you want me to get straight to the point. Well then here it is, most of those who are around you are struggling to make it in life & leave a mark of happiness in their wake. For example the person who sales to you that ice cream cone in the streets, do you think he gets to eat it?
Don't look at me, I don't know am just asking! Yet each time you approach, him or her always has a welcoming smile as they sell you a delicious, mouth watering cone of goodness to help cool off the hot sunny days. Now, think back since they are promoting a product that they hardly touch, do they ever get a little piece of paradise for their sake. Am sure you wouldn't know because you are always out there trying to make it for yourself.
As you live your blissful life, know that not every body who looks happy is happy. They just have a way of masking how they feel inside and put on a façade masking despair. Each day to them is a struggle, as they try to make ends meet. You don't have to buy that which is been sold to you but you can be courteous enough to say, "asante sitanunua leo, pengine siku ingine" & not howling like a mad man in a market cussing them out.
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