What lesson about patience can we learn from Sai Baba's actions with the wheat grinding?

The story of Sai Baba grinding wheat provides a profound lesson on patience. Initially, his actions seemed strange, as he was a detached saint with no possessions who suddenly began grinding wheat. As detailed in Chapter 1, the women who helped him grew impatient and greedy, assuming the flour was for them and were humiliated when Baba chastised them. The narrator notes that the reason for Baba's actions was not apparent at first. The true purpose, to grind the cholera epidemic and cast it out, was only understood later. This illustrates a key teaching mentioned in Chapter 1: "If one has patience, Baba’s unique wonder bears fruit in the end." We learn that understanding divine plays requires us to wait and observe patiently rather than jumping to conclusions based on greed or incomplete knowledge.