Once upon a time, a snail was a great friend to a millipede. They used to travel together in search for food. Often in time, they will be searching under the scorching heat of the sun. Well, normally, the heat was not a problem since they will be foraging under the shrubs, the fallen branches and the moist grounds under big trees. However, these friends were always having some issues to deal with among each other. More especially when their common area has run out of food. They will start arguing on to where their next reserve will be.
Migration to the next reservation forest was a problem to these friends. It took so long and at the same time meaning that they have to cross the partitioning road that kept them from their home. Mind you, it would be blazing hot. But they have to soldier on to the next forest. As a result of the heat, the quarrel mostly ignited across this hot road to the next forest. The millipede was a slow crosser but a very good tracker while the centipede was a fast crosser and very poor with directions. Therefore, the centipede will have to depend on the millipede for directions and a guaranteed journey.
The millipede was so well reserved. He will stroll across the road, very slowly, leaving behind a beautiful trail. Dot-by-dot- his trail on the road, you can still see it miles away if you stop for a while and look back. They always argue why the millipede is so slow on crossing the road?
He will respond by telling the centipede that if it was not for his slowness, they were going to starve due to the fact that there will be no one amongst them to remember where the next forest is. He continued by telling his friend that, it is because he travels very slowly that is why he can remember clearly where their next destination is. Furthermore, they agreed to look back with his friend and all were amazed by the pattern that the millipede has created. Compared to the centipede’s the pattern was so beautiful. The millipede finally said that all this good things came to him because he was designed to take time to create them. On his own pace, the Millipede was a genius when it comes to recognition of places. Indeed, it is always said that most of the good things take time to develop.
How many of such things can you remember from the top of your head? Time is a great architect of everything that we see. I still believe that the first thing to be created is time. And all those that we see now came as a result of time. Hence, many text books about origin will always start by saying “ Many, many years ago…” or when science claims to be accurate, they will start by saying “ billions of years ago…”
Take time to be who you are. Regard less of this fast-paced universe’s speed. You can be sure of your own slot of time, and with time everything is possible.
