“When confronted by our
worst nightmares, the choices are few: fight or flight. We hope we find the
strength to stand against our fears but sometimes despite ourselves, we run.
What if the nightmare
gives chase? Where can we hide?”
- Mohinder
What do
you do when you are confronted by nightmares? Do you run or do you fight?
What
happens when you are faced with a nightmarish experience, task, job,
relationship, decision or feeling? Do you run or do you fight?
If you
run, will it make the nightmare go away?
If you
fight, will you win?
If you do
not fight, will you lose?
If you
decide not to fight, will you ever find out if you have it in you to give it the fight it deserves?
If you do
not want to lose, what will you need to do?
Will you
choose to fight because they will say you are weak when you fail to?
Will you
decide not to fight because you are scared of scars?
To me, I
fight every day because life in itself is a nightmare and through it, I am
still able to find a happy place and that is because I fight believing I will
win and even when I fail, I always get the consolation that i won why? because i dared to fight.
You do
not stop going to sleep because you had couple of nightmares, you say your
prayers and hope to have a good night rest; and like sleeping you face life’s nightmares,
fight it to a standstill and believe you will win.
The above quote is
culled from the Series "HEROES" and it was quoted by one of the
characters called Mohinder and believe me that statement stays true to
the purpose and reason it was spoken for and I believe you will eventually get it like I have.
Whenever I watch
movies and mostly Series, I make it a point of duty to write words that I consider to be of interest and believe me they do have lots of meaning.
In
this context, the Nightmare is my dear Nigeria which at the moment can be likened to the most beautiful girl in the Village with a penchant for the bad
boys instead of the Reverend father's son or the young Priest from the
City or the Headmaster's son. She will even fight her parents for the
love of the bad boy and funny enough she may be under the influence of a more greater power that makes it impossible for her to make decisions that can be considered sane.
Remember….
he who is brave stays free and that means as Nigerians, we must never loose sight of the end line in the race for the betterment of a great nation.
Many people have lost hope about the possibility of the re-actualization of our nation Nigeria and many will be quick to pick their bags and up outta here while they stand afar off and wish us "well".
I am a firm believer in the wealth of the Nigerian Nation and no matter how badly she has dealt me, I will always like a sucker for the bad girl and return to knock on her door hoping that one day and just one day, she will stop courting the bad boys and follow someone like me who still got his head hanging properly.
Like my humble self, there are millions of Nigerian out there waiting for the re-actualization of our dear Nation and just one day in the near future, you will be asked on what side do you stand??
