How Reality make Fiction Messy

"Why do we have a big army instead of a lone Warrior?"
When I was young, I loved watching war/gun fight VCR movies. I was watching those movies mostly alone at home regardless of the warnings, thus I did not care much about the age rating. 
Sylvester Stallone's Rambo, and Chuck Norris' Delta Force & Missing in Action were my favorites that I watched them more than once.
Watching other movies was hard unless the heroic storylines were involved like "The Phantom Soldiers, Commander, Commando etc.".
So it happened that our neighbour (the wife/mother) is a soldier, and left for a peace-keeping mission to Somalia. So her son came and shared the the news with me. In my mind, I thought for a moment, "Was his mother someone like Cynthia Rothrock?" Fortunately, he opened further telling me that more soldiers had left the country 🇲🇼 for that mission.

I kept on thinking, were they like the Vietcong I had previously watched? I left him and ran to my older cousin who later on tried to give me a picture of what real soldiers are like.

I proceeded to ask him why Malawi did not have someone like Rambo, Commander or Murdock?

He just laughed, and told me that it was all fake. I did not take it to heart, that I waited for my father to knock off from work later that evening.

When my father returned, he found me home settled as usual. On this day I never waited for him to take his cup of tea, I asked him if those heroic guys were real or fake?

He looked at me with surprise, and asked, "Mumaonera kuti zimenezo?" Literally meaning where was I watching those guys. Being scared, I lied that I watched at friend's that day. Fast forward, I was grounded and I was forbidden to watch TV alone. Oh, I lost the rights because of my pride. 

Fast forward, growing I came to understand that those movies operate as PR/Orientalism weapons. Realising that no individual can win a war without a team, I have to pay homage to the soldiers who execute their job well, when instructed. 

I had the chance to watch 'We were soldiers', a movie which it's events are based on a true story. I understood how essential a team is, and how men in camouflage suffer out there protecting us.

These are the real heroes that deserve our praise and respect, not my favourite fiction characters.

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Photo credits: Rambo and Missing in Action Facebook pages. 

THE CONFIDENCE OF TAKING A STEP FURTHER.

When a child is learning to stand and walk, he does so with so much hesitation unless he's held on to something. Some even try to get down so they could crawl because standing up is a new challenge presented itself to them. By practicing to stand every day, they slowly start to walk without relying on support from other objects unless a health problem arise.

Aside from locomotion, the other sides of life also need courage,  hence 'Think twice' should not be used as a scapegoat to delay the next step. Think twice, and let yourself free to the next level since the analogy may literally mean an outcome of what an individual knows, and what they should expect from their next action. 

Hesitation can make us believe that we need to be calm for being stuck where we are to avoid betrayal and other problems. The step forward decides what we must achieve next, and that can either be positive or negative. Hesitation tries to pull us to a side that promises satisfaction, and in the end we do not make a progress in our life.

Reluctance block opportunities, and present situations should help one to take a step forward for future's sake. That is to say, what is done today is significant to the future.

The criminals in suits are good examples, they roam around in poor areas in search of poor people's participation in acts that will cement their position in their accepted crimes (politics). They take that step, humble themselves just to cheat the poor that they are one. Humbling themselves is a step towards victory to the criminals and co. hence the step they take is to fashion themselves as responsible leaders to be elected.

Even students take the courage to study hard for examinations. In doing so, they hope to improve their previous performances. In that way, students are taking another step to success in their studies. That is to say, students who do not study are bound to fail since they have second thoughts, and are hesitant to treat their class with seriousness.

 

There are countless examples, but it is very important to trust your instincts and move with time. Minimise hesitation unless you have something better lined up already. The fear of the next step imprison us from facing what is coming next.

What we lost should not stop us from getting something new. We might lose it in the sea or a war, and that does not mean we go back to where we were for the sake of that piece. It might be valuable, yes but that does not mean we cannot find something better.

Going back to the battlefield after surviving killer shots that were aimed at you sounds insane. You need to keep on Grooving (moving), because that next step will help you to get something even better. 

So what is pulling you back? A breakup? A loss? An elimination from a certain game? Examination Failure? 

Come on, pull yourself back up and take that much needed step. It will not be Today but surely it will change your life forever.

I understand you can not do it alone, so please find time to pray for God's guidance and intervention because prayer is powerful, and it will help you pass through it. 

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