Last night, I was walking along the highway going to the university near our subdivision. Everyone who knows how to drive knows that a double yellow line in the middle of the road means ‘NO OVERTAKING.’ I have learned that before I even learned how to drive. I have no watch or a phone at that time but the cars on the road suggest that it is about dinner time and everyone’s tired and hungry and all they want now is just to get home as soon as possible. People nowadays, are always in a hurry. They don’t care about violating a law, like overtaking when overtaking isn’t allowed, just as they violate any other laws, just as long as they do what they have to do… hurry up and get to the next moment.
I used to believe about making moments right and not waiting for the right moment. My high school motto was ‘Don’t wait for the right moment, make the moment right.’ But I realized that there really is such a thing as a right moment or a right time. There’s a right time to overtake a car so that accidents won’t happen. There’s a right time to have sex because you’ll know better in time, and yes, also to avoid accident. There’s a right time to bear a child so that your genes are perfectly passed on. There’s a right time to feed a child solid foods so that the child won’t choke. There’s a right time to speak of truth or of lies, so that it is easier or less hurting to accept and believe. There’s a right time to reap a fruit from a tree so that its taste is as perfect as can be. There’s a right time to stop waiting so that you can focus to attend to more important things in your life.
There are moments in life that you cannot have control over. You may, but the outcome won’t be as good as when you have just waited for the right time. If we can only be patient and learn that if we wait for that right time, we can have things at its best. And hopefully, there will be less accidents on the road.
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