It was a Tuesday when everything hit at once. NEPA took light and did not return it. The landlord disconnected water because tenants had not paid the compound bill. And my account balance was the kind of number that makes you laugh so you do not cry. Three days. No fan. No light. Fetching water from a neighbor who was kind enough to share. Eating once a day to manage the little I had left. I will not romanticize it. It was genuinely hard. Some nights I lay on that hot mattress and asked God serious questions. But something shifted on the second day. I started thinking more clearly than I had in months. No distraction, no scrolling, no noise. Just me and my thoughts. I wrote down every problem I had been avoiding. Every decision I had been postponing. Every habit that had been draining me quietly. By day three I had a plan. A rough one, but a real one. When light returned and water came back, I was a slightly different person. Not because suffering is good. But because stillness forced me to face myself. Lagos will humble you. But it will also teach you if you are willing to learn. Has a hard moment in your life ever become your biggest turning point? Share below. 🙏
