MY WORLD OF TRUTH
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
AN ENCOUNTER WITH DESTINY.
AN ENCOUNTER WITH DESTINY.
It all
started like a fairy tale, but this one has a long tail. A day a young man
never envisage that destiny was around the corner, waiting to smile on him.
On that day
he was on a visit to a friend who stays far away from the city, after embarking
on such a back breaking journey, he met the doors and gates locked like
that of a bank closed for services. Outof frustration and utter disappointment, he sat on a wooden bench in front ofthe quiet and lifeless house waiting for the arrival of is dear friend.
After some
minutes he plugged in his ipod and drifted gradually into a hot and steamy
sleep, he slept so deep that it took more than just a shout to bring him back
to reality, a heavy and long body shake by an old lady who happens to be a
neighbour was what it took to make his red and heavy eyes flip open like a
book, still dazed by the long sleep, he stared into the open air as if he has
just being caught doing something wrong.
Then came
the voice of a lanky, tall, old lady, she said hey! Young man who are you
looking for, he checked the time it was 12:30pm, which made him stand up with
some unusual urgency and he said. Sorry ma am actually looking for my friend
who I haven’t seen for a long time, he stays in that compound, he indicated by
pointing his finger. The old woman’s gaze followed the pointed finger
meticulously, after some time she shook her head in pity and dismay, then she
replied, oh! My son, no body actually lives there anymore. The last person I
saw lived here left 3months ago; maybe that is who you are looking for. All she
was saying sounded like a bad news broken on live TV. He couldn’t even wait for
the woman to finish breaking the news before he turned and walked away defeated
and exhausted.
As he was
walking down the dusty road, still hating himself for going through such energy
draining journey, he had no idea what he would be encountering on his way.
Just a few
meters away from where he was coming from, on the other side of the road he saw
a long queue of people, there were boys, girls, old men and women, some of the
old folks even brought dogs with them, which made the queue so unattractive.
The young
man lead by some strange spirit of curiosity, changed cause, forgot why he came
to that locality, ignored the anger inside and over looked the big
disappointment before him. He crossed over to get a closer view of what was
happening, just as he was approaching the line, he heard a group of people
talking casually about lottery, lotto and buying of ticket.
Still trying
to make sense of what they were saying, a young man approached him and asked if
he was on the queue for the ticket. Out of shock and surprise he said yes, so
the man took a position behind him. So as not to appear confused and stupid, he
quietly tapped the person in front of him to get more information about the
lottery ticket. Apparently what the person said was good enough to make him
wait and purchase the ticket. The ticket was sold for $2, at that time he only
had $20 on him, but something unusual just kept him on that queue, a queue that
will make him have a life changing encounter with destiny.
After 1hour
the queue, was gradually depleting in number, and there were just two persons
in front of him. When it eventually got to his turn, a young lady out of
nowhere forcefully fixed herself in front of him, unapologetic about it. Due to
his nature, he said nothing and just smiled back to the lady, which annoyed
those behind him. They started calling him names, trying to awake the anger and
ego inside him, the more they shouted the cooler and calmer he gets.
All this
while he still never knew what awaits him, the lady picked the ticket and left
in self fulfilment, ignorant of the favour she just did for the young man, even
though the young man knows nothing.
When it was
eventually his turn, the ticket sales girl took time fondling with the ticket
before she gave it to him, he left and went back home, folding the ticket and putting it in the back pocket of the pant
he wore that day.
After that
day he never thought about the ticket and what happened that day.
He went back
to the way things used to be. After 3weeks, on a cool Saturday while cleaning
his bedroom, the phone rang, thinking it was his mother. That was the call that
changed his story. On picking the call, a female voice asked for his name, he
told her, and then she said something that sounded crazy to him at that moment.
She said “MR PAUL, THE LOTTERY TICKET WITH SERIAL NUMBER 568382, JUST WON $20
MILLION NO TAX “out of disbelieve he dropped the phone and continued with what
he was doing. He even started laughing, thinking someone was trying to pull a
fast one on him.
In the
middle of his laughter the lady called back and said the same thing; she also
said there was a ticket with 568381, which came before his own ticket, that his
ticket was the winning ticket. He couldn’t put himself together, he broke into
an uncontrollable tears, then he remembered the day he went to visit a friend,
the queue, the lady that jumped into his front on the line and the killing
heat, all these made him fall face down in an erupting tears of joy and peace.
He looked in
the back pocket of the pant in wore that day and found the ticket, with the
same winning numbers.
Then he
realised that destiny and fate just smiled at him.
THAT WAS AN ENCOUNTER WITH MR DESTINY
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