"Who sent me? What have I done to myself? Why did I not look at it carefully before I embarked on it?"
Those were the questions I asked myself.
I was returning from work one hot afternoon, with the hotness of the sun, slapping down my exposed neck like I owed it money.
I saw two school girls returning from school and arguing about a particular equation in chemistry in an exercise book .
I decided to intervene by asking to see the question and they obliged. I looked at the question, it was one of balancing equations in chemistry. To balance the product and the reactant side, I was happy because it looked simple to me.
We moved from the road to a corner and I started solving. As I was solving, the girls were looking at me, their eyes fixed on me like I was a mermaid from the ocean.
It got to a point that I started sweating like Christmas Mass despite the cool breeze. Meanwhile, the girls were still waiting for me to finish balancing the equation.
“What happened ma?" They asked with a stylish laughter.
“Nothing, " I replied. In my mind I was asking myself who sent me to attempt their question.
Why did I not mind my business this afternoon, ah! My village people have finally succeeded in locating my address.
I couldn't tell the girls that I was stuck at a point and so I continued solving while still sweating profusely and my heart was beating fast like a masquerade's drum.
I did not want to let down my guard in front of them, so I prayed for a way out.
After that short prayer, I saw the answer flash in my mind. It was as if a light bulb was switched on in my head (and it was definitely not NEPA).
So, I continued solving with a smile on my face and soon I was able to balance the equation correctly and I gave it to them and walked away without looking back so that they don't dump more assignments on me.
I vowed in my mind never be a busy body again in my life. I will be looking ahead even if you like to argue till Christ comes, I will not look your way. I will only do forward ever backward never. Once bitten twice shy.
Thank you all for reading.
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