Sentidokomon

decision and there are a lot of options to choose from, and you of 

 course, have to make the right one? I'm sure you have had this sort of 

 experience. 

 I had this reflection one morning in December last year. It was 

 7:30 when somebody came to fetch me to work in the shop. The traffic was real heavy. Everybody was rushing for work, some wanted to arrive first to their destination to be the first customer or client, not to 

mention the students who were going to school. When we came to crossroad, the stoplight on our lane turned red. The driver got impatient and turned to a small road away from the main highway. To avoid the stoplights, we took a lot of smaller roads, but after a while we came to the main highway. After two stoplights, the driver got impatient again ant took yet again another route. In the end we spent 30 minutes on the road, instead of the usual 15 minutes ride to the shop. 

Many of us are like the impatient driver, we crave for instant 

things. We lack the endurance to do or have things in the proper time and manner. Thus, often times, we lost money, we lost time, we lost energy. But worst of all, because we were in another place or we were doing another thing, we lost some opportunities that might have made our aspirations in life achieved or our problems solved at the right time. 

For the stoplights, we must not resent them. They represent the 

 necessary junctions of life where the lines of destiny cross and 

 converge. It is in this crossroads with the stoplights where we learn the valuable lesson of patience. We must not tamper with the stoplights or we will create unimmaginable disasters. Neither can we alter the timetables of Providence. 

 Now, I'm again in another crossroad of my life but thanks to the 

 impatient driver, I learned to be patient. I'm crossing my fingers and 

 wait for whatever fate and God has in store for me. But while waiting, 

 I'm preparing myself for whatever possible disaster that might befall 

 me.