Leading Dangerously

Every time I watch a heroic themed movie, I always pissed off if the main actor were captured and interrogated with his beloved one under the threat. Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 3 where he cry over the rabbit's foot, and even til the end, I don't know what the heck rabbit foot is. Then in the movie Olympus Has Fallen, The president was worried sick about the safety of his son. Heartlessly pragmatic side of me directly thinking that, is love a weakness??

Why does the hero always threat with his beloved one?
Where in Naruto, they always told us that "Being in love with somebody is always make you stronger because you want to protect them so much."
But in the reality, sometimes we're not that strong and in the end we make our beloved one falls in danger because they got involved in our line of duty.

Being a leader is a dangerous thing. One module learns me that it has several dimensions of danger where attack is included. Why? Basically because leading means that you're going to have to move a certain people from their comfort zone in order to make a better place for all, and guess what?? they won't be happy about it and they will try as hard as they could to take you down and reclaim their so-called comfort zone with you out of the picture.

It hits me so hard, I always thought that if you have a good heart and lead with honesty, you'll be safe along the way. In life, to please a lot of people is almost impossible. If you want to erase a gang from its existence in order to make peace, you can bet that the gang won't go down without a fight. 

The problem in this fight is that it's no longer about you. It's about your family and your beloved ones. Well, you can take my life but please don't take the life of my beloved one. Not that I'm not appreciating my life, but there's a possibility that I put a price a bit lower on my life compare to the greater good. 

If there's a question that, "If I die, the world will certainly become a better place, will you die?"
I will gladly say yes.

But I think the world doesn't work in that simple way, I wish it did. 
Well, threat can come from anywhere and to everyone that we dear most. I ask myself, If I ever find someone that I care most, while I still pursuing my dream of become a leader and I can sure you that what I'm going to do is gonna make all the bad guys try to kill me, I think if I truly love someone, would I ever put that person in the line of danger with me?

I ask my self that question several times and I always think that I might not be strong enough and I might give my "cerberus" code to the bad guy and the world will be in a nuclear war. Ok, the reference that I made might not be generally understandable. hahaha...

I am strong, but If the life of a person I care the most is in danger, I might be weak and give the whole world in order to keep them save. 
Should a leader spent their life in solitary, alone like a lone wolf ??

Well, It's kinda sad....
But instead of loving just one or two people, once we are a leader, we are loving and be love by the whole nation.

So, this is not a caveat or in Indonesian term, "Ngeles", If one time in the future, I run for president candidacy as a solo, single, alone. This is the reason!!!!
Unless I'm sure that I'm strong enough to protect the one I love.
Instead of loving just one person, I choose to put that aside and love all my people instead....

If one time I got captured, yes, you can kill all my minister and me, but I will put the happiness of my people before me. You will never get my "CERBERUS" code....!!!!!!

Damn!! I watch too many action movies these days.


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