WHO IS IN CHARGE? By Tobe Eze

WHO IS IN CHARGE?

Many persons have their different reasons for doing different things. In life, what pleases me may not please another but there are things that are generally accepted. One of those things that are generally accepted is “freedom”. Everyone wants to enjoy freedom. This freedom is understood differently and that is why many are making serious mistakes in life. One of the heart breaking ways by which people understand freedom these days especially by the youth is the idea of “cultism”. Many youth think that by joining cult, they will enjoy their freedom and control others, far from that.

It breaks the heart to hear every now and then that young men and women are being shot down (to death) almost on daily bases. Relations are shooting themselves because they belong to different groups. Some enter these groups because one or two stupid reasons like; so that people will fear them, so that they will force respect on themselves, so that they will be protected (if there is protection) and so on.

The problem here is that some of them do not check the other side of the whole thing. One will enter a group willingly but cannot leave the group willingly and people are still trooping in. one will enter a group to be feared and protected but you live in perpetual fear. When the person sees a Hilux or related cars, the person will start running. Once the person hears a siren, the person will be uncomfortable. Once the person hears a sound, the person will be distressed. Is this not a perpetual fear? If you are joining a group for you to be in charge of an area and you end up being afraid of any movement in that area, are you still in charge? Some do not go home again, perpetual running. They have gone to a journey of no return, what they would have avoided.

There is nothing that is good as living without fear. Some young men and women do not follow or work in an open places because of this trend of cultism. We can still help ourselves. It is not too late. Before we think of doing anything, let us check the ups and downs of that particular thing and it will pay us better than jumping into something that we will regret forever. Let us shun cultism for it makes us slaves and denies us our freedom. If you join it, you are no longer in charge of anyone or anything, things and people will be in charge of you, if so, tell me “who is in charge”! Thanks.

Tobe Eze (DAN~HILL)