The Road Isn't Smooth, But It Still Leads Somewhere
If you have ever traveled on a Nigerian road, you know that NOT every journey is smooth. There are potholes deep enough to make you question if your vehicle will remain the same way it was. There are bumps that will force you to slow down. Sometimes, traffic will keep you in one spot for what feels like forever. And at other times, you have to take a longer route because the road you planned to use is no longer accessible or too bad to use. Yet, despite all of these obstacles, people still continue just to arrive at their destinations. When you think about life that way, there is not much difference. Many of us expect life to unfold exactly as we planned. We imagine graduating at a certain age, landing our dream job immediately, getting married when we want, building a family, buying a home, and living happily ever after. But somewhere along the journey, life introduces its own potholes and bumps in the form of a failed relationship, the loss of a loved one, a business that didn'...