Fight Broke Out

I hate to jumpstart this book with a description of a fight. However, if I don't do so, one may not get the magnitude of the divided community at this time. For a long time, the atmosphere had been tensed amongst the people in the community. The tension finally exploded at their meeting on this day. Grown men and grown women talking behind each other's back had led to a sea of misunderstanding and misinterpretation of information. The result was a fight that broke out. Majority of the people were hardworking upstanding professionals. Some were nurses, doctors, auto-mechanics, successful grocery businessmen, pharmacists, electricians and much etc. As elite as they were, they still had one thing in common that didn't help them get along. What was it? Can you guess?

The answer is MENTALITY. Their mentality was their biggest threat. Their mentalities about one another was straining and strangling their unity. There was frustration in the community. At times, everyone appeared angry at everyone. Very few people said good things about one another. Sometimes, you could even taste the hate when they talked about each other in closed doors. Again, their mentalities about one another was straining and strangling their togetherness. On this day, it erupted into a physical fight between two people.

Before I elaborate on the fight that took place at the event, I will like to take a quick moment to describe what I have described below.

Like I said, those who were in this fight were educated grown men and women with a different mentality amongst themselves. Mentality is a mindset on how you perceive, understand and interpret certain things. It is a characteristic attitude of the mind or way of thinking of a person or group. Many individuals in this community didn't think they should be receiving instructions from some others. They felt they were equal and no one had the audacity to instruct anyone. This made instructions difficult to flow amongst the people. Has the concept of equality become a curse to our society? How does this ambition affect us today. Does everyone really understand the concept of equality? What are the benefits and unintended consequences of this ambition? What are the pros and cons? What part of the concept of equality should we embrace? What part should be discarded? These are questions meant for you to brainstorm in your privacy. Everyone will definitely come up with a different answer.

Because of this community's mentality on equality, it made instructions difficult to f low amongst the people. The ability to receive and follow instruction is a very vital skill that ought to be understood by any individual seeking growth. There is an old saying that anyone who cannot take instructions is not fit to give instructions. It is said that while we question authorities, we should always be willing to take instructions too from authorities. It is a concept of give and take. We give some things to get other things in return.

More on Mentality

Assume that you are a hardworking knowledgeable man but you feel that women are beneath you. Assume that you cannot take instruction from a woman in the workplace. With that mindset, you will never succeed keeping a job if your bosses are females. This mentality will hold you back despite your knowledge or educational level at your jobsite. Another similar example is race based mentality. If you are a white person who cannot take instructions from a Hispanic person, that may affect your growth in life if you have to work under the instructions of a Hispanic person. It will be very difficult for you to follow instructions and do things as a team based on your mentality. This phenomenon was what was in this community that the young president managed. This is the core phenomenon I think is responsible for the fight that broke out that day. Too many grown professionals in the community felt they could not receive instructions from some others because they had acquired status and position. Personally, I call this Big Man Syndrome.

The fight took place in the basement of a house. I myself was out on the porch. Honestly, I don't remember why I left that house to go outside that night during the party. All I remember was commotion as I walked back inside the house. Some teenage girls and boys of the party were sitting on the couch in the living room. They appeared quieted and frightened as I walked back into the house. I looked at them with a little surprise because they were not that when I left one hour ago. More so, teenagers at a party scene are rarely that quiet. With my inner voice, I whispered to myself that they were acting strange. I walked through the living room door leading to the kitchen. In the kitchen space, I turned to my left and walked towards the basement. Right there, I got my answer of the quietness. As I took few steps down the stairs, I heard a loud, aggressive, threatening, and frightening voice. "Heads will roll, heads will roll, heads will roll ...", the voice shouted several times. Who was shouting? Who was threatening to cut off someone's head?

Make the Fight Great Again

"Heads will roll, heads will roll, heads will roll ...", the voice was Power Mike's voice. He was the angry one. His fists were clinched and sweat was dripping from his hairless head. His eye glasses were hanging on the top of his nose as if it would fall off. Power Mike had been pinned against the wall by three other muscular, strong men. He was breathing fast as if he was experiencing Respiratory Acidosis. While pinned against the wall, he was shouting and yelling; "heads will roll, heads will roll, heads will roll ... etc." He was in a fight and he was ready to explode in that basement.

The fight was not between Power Mike and the three guys who were pinning him against the wall. These guys were instead preventing him from doing more harm. Power Mike had just lost his temper and punched another person. Anger is the quickest way to a poor decision; a wise person controls the temper. No, Power Mike didn't care about this proverb. He was angry and he could not control his temper anymore. He delivered an unexpected punch on the lateral side of the victim's left eye. It was a hard one and no one saw it coming. Witnesses say it happened so fast....