"I Met My Engineering Classmate Riding Keke Five Years After Graduation"

Dayo and Rukayat Studied Engineering at a University in kwara State. They were both Classmates and after Five years of Studying hard, they both graduated. After graduation, Fate took them through different paths of life.
5 Years later, Rukayat after much frustration of securing a job, ended up as a Secretary in a Building firm earning 50,000 Naira monthly.

Meanwhile, Dayo on the other hand, couldn't Secure a Job and ended up a Taxi Driver, He makes At least 5,000 daily and if he works for only 20 days in a month, He makes 100,000 Naira that month.
One Evening, Rukayat closed from work and was at the bus stop waiting for taxi when Dayo stopped. She hopped in when she discovered the taxi was going her way but little did she know it was Dayo. All through the journey, she was lost in her Phone.

She reached her bus Stop and after alighting, just when she was about paying, she took a look at the driver and their eyes met, wow! They were both happy.
"Is this you?" they both asked themselves simultaneously as if they planned it. Rukayat gave him money but Dayo insisted she keep it. He was happy to see her and for old time sake, he left the money for her even when she insisted that she wanted to pay. They both exchanged contact and left.
Well, Rukayat went home that night and was lost in thought. Not as if Dayo was looking bad but Dayo driving Taxi? She couldn't wrap her head around it. She Pitied him. Felt Sorry for him. If Dayo had allowed her she would have paid him and beg him to keep the change.

Little did she know that, Dayo actually has another Taxi running for him, He is a Land owner and he is planning on developing it soon. But because he was driving a Taxi, She felt Pity for him.

On the other hand, Dayo felt sorry for himself too. Before he slept that night, he remembered Rukayat, how neatly she dressed and nice she smells, "She must be earning over 300,000 Naira per month" he said to himself. He felt ashamed, He felt like a failure and he felt she was way ahead of him financially and otherwise.
Little did he know that, If Rukayat removes the transportation fare and feeding money from her monthly salary, it will take her at least 3 Months to earn what he earns monthly.

Sadly, this could be some of our reality, you measure your progress and success with that of your friends, Classmates and Relatives even with very limited information you have about them.
You think yours is worse because you look dirtier, you think yours is worse because you are not on Corporate wears, you think yours is worse because the other person acts and looks Nicer.
Stay Focused and Face your life. It's not a competition. Stop Comparing things, you don't have the full picture. Every one is running on his own lane. Be contented.
Be focused�.

This is serious life lesson

During a robbery in Zimbabwe, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank: "Don't move. The money belongs to the State. Your life belongs to you."

Everyone in the bank laid down quietly. This is called "Mind Changing Concept” Changing the conventional way of thinking.

When a lady lay on the table provocatively, the robber shouted at her: "Please be civilized! This is a robbery and not a rape!"

This is called "Being Professional” Focus only on what you are trained to do!

When the bank robbers returned home, the younger robber (MBA-trained) told the older robber (who has only completed Year 6 in primary school): "Big brother, let's count how much we got."

The older robber rebutted and said: "You are very stupid. There is so much money it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV news will tell us how much we robbed from the bank!"

This is called "Experience.” Nowadays, experience is more important than paper qualifications!

After the robbers had left, the bank manager told the bank supervisor to call the police quickly. But the supervisor said to him: "Wait! Let us take out $10 million from the bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 million that we have previously embezzled from the bank”.

This is called "Swim with the tide.” Converting an unfavorable situation to your advantage!

The supervisor says: "It will be good if there is a robbery every month."

This is called "Killing Boredom.” Personal Happiness is more important than your job.

The next day, the TV news reported that $100 million was taken from the bank. The robbers counted and counted and counted, but they could only count $20 million. The robbers were very angry and complained: "We risked our lives and only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80 million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated than to be a thief!"

This is called "Knowledge is worth as much as gold!"

The bank manager and the supervisor were all smiling and happy afterall !!

Superlative life lessons...I was chuckling whilst reading this thread

THANK GOD, HE'S DEAD!
One day, all the employees of a very unusual company reached their office and were each given a sealed envelope by the receptionist; and inside there was a type-written congratulatory message that read thus: "Yesterday, the person who has been hindering your promotion in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the attic." Initially, each of the workers became excited for the death of the ‘unknown enemy’ and in the confines of their heart they said, “Thank God, he’s dead”! But after a while they started getting curious to know that person who hindered the promotion of his colleagues. The excitement in the attic was such that security men were ordered to control the crowd. Everyone thought; "Who is this person who was hindering my progress?" One after the other, the workers filed past the coffin to pay their last ‘respect’; and as they reached the coffin, you could see the excitement and surprise on their faces. There was now an electrifying shock and silence in the room; obviously, something had touched the deepest part of their conscience. There was a mirror inside the coffin, and everyone who looked inside it could see themselves! There was also a notice pasted next to the mirror that said, “Dear worker, the only person who is capable of setting limits to your promotion in this company is YOU”!

Your life does not change when your boss dies, when your friends die, or when your parents, husband or wife does! Your life may not change even when you change your house of prayer! Be careful of the kind of prayers you say when you are bringing down your so called ‘strongholds’ because the enemy in that stronghold could be YOU! Many people are quick to quote that it was when King Uzziah died that God appeared to Prophet Isaiah; therefore, all the Uzziahs in their lives should die! I wish you could revisit and reframe that prayer point from today because unknowingly, you could be the King Uzziah. Jesus knew you would fall into this kind of error; and that’s why He said, “Pray for your enemies, do good to those who persecute you”. He knew beforehand that there would come a time when YOU could be your own enemy and persecute yourself! So, take heed and examine yourself today! Your life changes when YOU change!