The Power Play
As humans, we're not perfect. We like to think that we are but we're not. We do certain things that we don't even realize is bad until we take a moment to really think about it and just realize that yes, we weren't being fair when we carried out that action.
It's almost midnight and I'm lying on my bed, trying to see if I could get some rest but apparently, the guys outside don't know how to make use of their inside voices when conversing and they're currently disturbing the entire floor. Usually, something like this would attract a fine as we have a rule against noise making, a rule that says that the hostel has to be quiet and all music volumes has to be reduced the moment the time gets to 10pm.
Unfortunately, the guys outside talking out loud are not only my friends, but they also happen to be some of the hostel executives amongst them...so it's almost like the same guys who created she enforces the rules, are the ones breaking it.
Thinking about it, I felt that wasn't fair but then I found myself thinking about other scenerios where I've had to use my position in the hostel to get certain favours too, one of which includes being able to stay out very late at night and still come in whenever I want even though the hostel gate was suppose to be locked by exactly 10:30pm.
Sadly, it's behaviours like this that let you know that when people like us gets in a place of real power, we just might end up abusing it just like the current politicians that we have up there, unless we discipline ourselves properly. Because if you can't follow your own rule at a lower level like this, who says you would be able to follow the rules when you get to a higher level with a lot of money and power under your control.
I've always known that power corrupts people, I just never thought I would be one of those people. God help us.
Power can easily corrupt the miss of people and it can be used negatively. Man must be careful when handling powerful offices especially in our society.
Easily bro.. And it's scary because when it happens, you would think you're in control of yourself but you're not.. You're being influenced.
That's the reality. Before you have the power you always think about the discipline but you may change after getting the power like the politicians. We are not different from them. I just hope to see some differences.
It's sad and scary at the same time, especially for someone like me in a corrupt system already because all it tells me is that things might not change anytime soon.