Our Youths: The Head vs The Heart War.

If there was ever a time that this message was crucial, it is
NOW. There is a situation that our young people MUST
UNDERSTAND as urgently as possible. That situation is
called WAR. War is a terrible thing. It is awful, woeful, and
extremely cruel. It disrupts all your activities, limits
movements, leads to maiming, raping, and all the horrible,
horrific, and horrifying experiences that you don't even as
must as want to imagine. War is EVIL.
Most unfortunately, war sometimes starts as a joke, a little
lack of accommodation, unmanaged ego, greed, and
above all, inconsideration. It is usually started by the big
people, fought by the small people -who are usually the
prime victims.
Two expressions that usually precede a war situation are
"it doesn't matter", and "I don't care"
Today, these two evil expressions have almost taken our
young people captive.
The breeding ground for these evil expressions is the
HEART. This is where emotions and sentiments reside.
Incidentally, these two expressions have sometimes been
the saving grace of humanity if processed from the HEAD.
It is from these expressions that we have the famous "if I
perish, I perish" quote from Queen Esther.
Processes preceded those her famous destiny changing
pronouncement. The processes included fasting, praying,
thorough analysis of the situation, the consequences, the
imperatives, and the possible outcomes.
Today our young men and women, boys and girls to
whom the future belongs, are being driven by the greed
and egos of the elders to whom POWER is the ultimate.
These people have no interest in the effect of the young
people. If they did, we would not be where we are today.
Our youths are falling heedlessly for their machinations.
"I am for Buhari", and "I am for Jonathan", is all you hear.
The reason for their support is, SADLY, inconsequential!
Really?!!!
This is sad, almost unbelievable, and, to say the least,
pathetic.
These men have lived their lives, and if push comes to
shove, they have the capacity to jet out their families and
leave you to face whatever comes. Even if they are here,
they have tons of securitymen to keep them safe. You?
Who cares about you!!
I therefore sincerely call on our young people to start by
saying "IT MATTERS", and "I CARE". Next, you should sit
down and judge for YOURSELF what you really know and
believe about these people.
Finally, when you have THOUGHTFULLY DECIDED who to
support, YOU MUST DECIDE THE REASONABLE LENGTH
THAT YOU SHOULD GO!
Are you willing to kill and maim your fellow youths for
these oldmen? Are you ready to put your future in
jeopardy to satisfy their ambition? Is war the only solution
-if a solution at all? does it really make sense?
Exactly what is each of them saying? does it make sense?
Can they really deliver on what they promise? Have they
taken time to meaningfully engage you WITH RESPECT, or
are they ordering you around like zombies?
These questions MUST be answered by YOU as an
individual!!!
My dear, we are all Nigerians. We ALL have the right to be
here, and to determine our future. Nobody's future is
greater that yours.
PLAY YOUR GAME!!!
DON'T BE USED BY ANYBODY TO FULFILL HIS/HER
AMBITION TO YOUR DETRIMENT.
This is not the time for sentiment and emotions. This is not
the time for the heart, but the HEAD.
The time to use your head is NOW.
Think, think, and think again.
Again I say, the time to use your HEAD is NOW!!!
Arc NYA-ETOK, Ezekiel.