The Timely Help

It was one of those days when everything just seemed to go wrong from the moment I woke up, my phone alarm did not ring, the power supply was out, and my gas had finished just when I wanted to boil water for tea, I remember just sitting on my bed that morning, staring into space and asking myself, “Is today really going to be like this?”

By afternoon, I was at my lowest point, I had an urgent payment to make, and the little money I had left couldn’t even cover half of it, I just sat there thinking about how life really likes to test people at the wrong time, I was scrolling aimlessly through my phone when I saw my friend Bolu's name pop up on my screen.

“Hello, babe!” she said cheerfully.
I tried to sound normal, “Hey… how far?”
She paused, probably catching the tired tone in my voice, “Hmm… your voice is somehow, Wetin happen?”

At first, I wanted to brush it off, “Nothing jare, I am just tired.” but she wasn’t having it, “Abeg talk joo, I know when something dey wrong.”

So I told her, I explained the whole situation, how I needed to make the payment and how things had just been piling up since morning, she went quiet for a second.

Then she said the words that literally turned my day around “Send me your account number, No stress.”

I was like, “Wait… you serious?”
She laughed, “Do I sound like I am joking? Abeg send am before I change my mind.”

Within five minutes, I saw the alert, and the amount? It was not just enough for what I needed, it was more than I expected, I literally shouted, “Oh my God!” I think my neighbors thought something had happened.

I quickly called her back, “Bolu, you don’t understand, this came right on time, You just saved me.”
She replied with a laugh, “It is called timely help, my dear, Sometimes God just sends people at the exact moment you need them.”

She was right, If she had not called at that exact time, I would have still been sitting there, stressed out and thinking of the worst possible outcomes, It was not even about the money alone, it was the fact that someone thought about me right when I needed it the most.

Later in the evening, I just kept thinking about how life works in mysterious ways, Sometimes, the solution to your problem is just a phone call away, but you don’t know it yet, I made a mental note to always check up on people, because you never know when your call might be that “timely” one for them.

Before I went to bed that night, I sent her a text "Thanks again for today. You don’t know how much you changed my day. God bless you.”
She replied with a simple:
"Don’t mention, Just be ready to do the same for someone else when your turn comes."

And honestly, that is the truth, A timely action can change someone’s story completely, that day taught me that even when things are falling apart, help can show up exactly when you least expect it and it can make all the difference.

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