Patience Bridge - When Your Answer Is on Your StreetSample

Introduction

One day, I stepped out to buy cooking gas, two cylinders in total. It felt like an ordinary day. I stood by the roadside, waiting for a keke, which is a small three-wheeled motorised tricycle commonly used for public transportation in Nigeria. I hoped to get one so I could carry both cylinders at once and reduce transportation costs.

As I waited, songs began to rise from my spirit. I praised God and felt completely at peace. Everything seemed calm and in order until my patience suddenly disappeared.

Tired of waiting, I decided to move. I took a motorcycle taxi with one cylinder and headed toward the cooking gas station. Barely two minutes later, while still on my own street, I saw an empty keke drive past. Regret washed over me instantly, and I began imagining how differently things might have turned out if only I had waited.

When I returned for the second cylinder, another empty keke passed in the direction of my street. In that moment, I realised something important. What I had been waiting for was already on its way to me, but I did not wait long enough to receive it.

That simple moment became a living parable, a divine lesson hidden within an everyday experience.