Sacrifices & Second Thought.

A lot of things are easier said than done, and if we are being honest, putting our lives on the line to save whether a person or the whole world is not an easy decision. It’s easier said in writing, but when we face the real test, I can bet many people wouldn’t even think twice before saying no.

In light of this, let’s consider Jesus Christ, who made an ultimate sacrifice for the world. As the big moment approached, even Jesus thought for a while if he could avoid the future he had seen, but he ended up submitting to the will of God because that was his purpose in the world. He knew why he was here, and that made it easy for him to eventually bend to God’s will. _{Matthew 26:39.}

I don’t know if my decision would be different if I was in my sixties, but at this age, there are so many things going on in my head as I think about my response to this prompt.

Cancer is one deadly disease that has claimed numerous lives across the world, and I hate to think about so many people who could have impacted the world positively, but they were taken away in the blink of an eye. I remember when Chadwick Boseman passed away, I got emotional thinking about him and many other people cancer claimed their lives, and sometimes I wish there was something I could do about it, but unfortunately nothing, even though I’ve got the fluid in my body to save more cancer patients out there.

It would be a different case if I could just spit out this fluid, but going through syringes and blades doesn’t sit well with me.

A few times, I have shared my thoughts about a cancer cure being available, but it’s not out there yet because of how much the health companies are milking out of cancer patients. I believe there is a cure, even though there is no proof, and making myself a laboratory rat wouldn’t make much difference in the world.

I can share my last meal, give out my last cash, stress myself for someone else, but putting my life on the line for someone isn’t something I have thought about. I remember a particular year when I got caught in the middle of some thug clash somewhere in Lagos. I had the choice to run away or help a woman who was struggling to run with two kids, and I did rush to pick up one of the kids. We ran as fast as we could until we were safe. It was a scary experience, and I didn’t have the time to think much, but the whole thing is nothing compared to becoming a laboratory rat.

Siren is one movie that shows what humans are capable of doing when they lay hands on something extraordinary. They wouldn’t mind destroying you just to get whatever they want, and it’s okay to say that’s just a movie, but I strongly believe it isn’t far from reality.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see some set of powerful people lock me up in a secret laboratory, cutting and dissecting me just to make themselves richer, because the cure still wouldn’t go cheap or even be available for the common people.

A lot of people will think I am being selfish or wicked, but that’s not the case, because dying for the world would mean throwing my dreams away. Of course, I have dreams that involve helping many people, but not to the point of me becoming a lab rat.

It would mean that I am ditching my family to save the world, which isn’t fair either. I count it pointless when I have to trade my family’s happiness for other people; it just makes zero sense to me. Honestly, if I can’t save my family, saving the world looks like an impossibility.

On second thought, if the doctors’ experiment on me wouldn’t exceed just the regular blood donation, I might consider it, since I can still have my life and freedom, unlike lying on a table like an engine waiting to be worked on.

Aside from putting my life, dreams, and family into consideration, the corruption in the world is beyond repair, and giving up myself for a cancer cure wouldn’t make much of a difference, except that the world will know that there is a cure, but only the rich will benefit from it in the end.

Only the rich having access to the cure would defy my purpose of sacrificing myself for the cure, even if I consider it.

_{All Image Are Mine.}