Sacrificing my life for peace to reign
We all know already that the world we live in today is very corrupt, especially the part where I came from and it's not that the world corrupt itself, but the people in it made it corrupt. Hunger, poverty, diseases are rampant in the land, I wish there's something I or we can do to eradicate all this, I wish we have a world where there will be no reason for hunger, no poverty, no diseases. Some countries are suffering from all this even at the moment. And yes it could be reduced even though it will have to take some sacrifice, there are different kinds of sacrifice, some demands material things and some it has to do with human life.
If making a change would require a life or human blood, I think it's extreme already, looking at the lives of those that sacrificed their lives for peace to reign, how were they celebrated, after their death and do peace actually reign after their death?, the answer is No. Everything is still the same and in some cases it even worse.
Taking the Endsars protest as an example, that period when a lot of youth came out in mass to say no to police brutality, at the spot, they were still being brutalized by military men, many youth were killed in cold blood, and till now police brutality didn't stop, it's even worse. I can sacrifice many things for peace to reign, for hunger, poverty and diseases to be wiped out from the surface of the earth but not with any part of my body or my life. Because no matter how much you want to sacrifice your life for a good course, after few months, you'll be forgotten and what you died for will still continue.
Nevertheless, I still wish for a world that will be disease free, a lot of people are losing and have lost their loved ones due to one disease or the other, some also lost their loved ones due to hunger and poverty, all this is happening in my country already, hunger and poverty is on the increase daily. The price of goods are increasing everyday and we don't even have a choice than to adapt, which is gradually becoming unbearable. As regards the every day increase in the price of goods, I believe everyone of us or most Nigerians have a hand in it, both the government and the citizens, we're the ones afflicting ourselves.
Recently I learnt another protest is coming up very soon, a protest against bad governance, against the increase in the price of food, fuel, and everything in general. Well I can't say the youth should not go out but I'll say they should be careful, judging by what happened the last time, it's not advisable for anyone to take the protest upon himself and say you want to fight for peace, such person might have himself or herself to blame. If at all the protest must be done at all cost, I'll advice that they carry alot of security personnels along to avoid stories that touch.
In summary, as much as I want peace to reign, as much as I want hunger, poverty and diseases to be eradicated from our land, I can't sacrifice my life for it, I can volunteer to do certain things but not my life.
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The every day increase in the price of goods, everyone contributes to it, the government and the citizens. The government are even learning from the citizens sef. Truth be told, we're the ones afflicting ourselves.
For peace, we all need to come together for it to work.
Thank you for sharing.