You Didn't Try Hard Enough

As the bus came to a stop, I noticed a lady across the street who wanted to ride the bus I was on. She waved to the bus driver, hoping that he would see her and wait for her to cross the street and let her hop in the bus. She waved a couple more times but there was still no response from the bus driver. As pedestrians were released from the bus, the lady continued to stand in her corner across the street, hoping that the bus driver would wait for her and acknowledge her waves. He never did and the bus left. As we left, I saw the lady's disappoinment as she murmured rude words to herself, something along the lines of jerk. As if it was his fault that she didn't get her ride. She's not special. She doesn't get special service.

Why didn't she run across the street to catch the bus? Sure the light was red and the little orange hand told her to stop, but there was a gap of time where no cars passed through the intersection. She could've easily ran and hopped on the bus and she would've made it to work or where ever else she needed to be on time. But instead she continued to wave to the bus driver, waiting for his acknowledgement, that she never received. She just didn't try hard enough. She's gonna tell her friends at lunch today how the asshole bus driver didn't let her on the bus and talk shit about him all day, and whine about her life, when it was her fault. She didn't put enough effort and she didn't make it.

Sounds like a crazy story but this is a small example of how we just don't try hard enough in everything that we do and we don't get the outcomes that we want. We wait for others to do it for us and then when it doesn't come out right we blame everyone else but ourselves. It's time we try hard and succeed in everything that we want to do.

Josan

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