WHY BE IMPATIENT? STEEM ON!

Once upon a time there was a traveller, who had trekked from a remote distance. He was totally famished when he suddenly sighted one hut in the desert. He was so delighted and went straight to the house.

‘’who is here?’’ the traveller asked.

‘’please, be patient, I’m coming,’’ sounded a voice from inside the hut.

Soon, an old woman came out of the hut. “welcome my dear. You look too tired. Come and have a seat,” the old woman hospitably welcome him.

She entered inside and took her choicest cup and gave the traveller water to drink. The traveller gulped it down and partially regained his strength.

“Please, I have only one tuber of yam left in my house now. Be patient, as I will soon prepare pounded yam for you to eat and resuscitate your lost strength to enable you complete your strenuous journey,” the old woman benevolently promised the traveller.

She went into the room and brought out the tuber of yam, a knife and a pot and went into the room, where she began to get the ingredients for the soup ready. She came out intermittently to get the fire burning effectively, so that the cooking would not delay. The traveller became impatient after some few minutes and went and flipped the lid of the pot open.

He looked at the yam inside the boiling water and it seemed very enticing, because of the intensity of his hunger he was feeling already. He looked around, saw where the old woman kept the knife she used in slicing the yam and used it to bring out one big piece. He tossed it in his left and right palms and fanned it with his mouth momentarily. He then threw it into his mouth; munched it as fast as he could and swallowed it by force. When he thought that he was about recovering from the fierce hotness of what he swallowed, his mouth and throat started irritating him, because the yam had not been properly cooked. He struggled within himself to endure, but the more he tried, the more the pain continued to build up. At last, he gave out a yell, screaming for the old woman to bring palm oil for him.

The old woman hurried out to know what was wrong with her visitor. She was absolutely disappointed, when she understood what happened. She instantly started shouting; “thief; thief; thief ooh!”

The traveller swiftly ran away to save his life.

ANALYSING THE STORY:
Life is a process, and we ought to endure to the end. If only the traveller had numbed his hunger by waiting a little longer, he would have been given pounded yam with a well made soup. But he was in so much hurry and ended up not eating the food that was basically being prepared for his sake.

Some of us here are like the impatient traveller. We are in so much hurry our blood just dey hot to make the paper.

That’s why I consider STEEMIT as more than a phantom because it accepts any individual who has something unique to offer. Some of just want easier, faster and shorter route to get to the peak but there’s no short means to get there all that is needed is hard work.

Impatience makes one lose everything!

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