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What Are You Really Worth?

Posted by: Benjamin Onuorah

By: Squadron Leader Rabiu - Rtd

I do not like calling names, but if it is for something positive, I do not really mind. In any case, no one can pursue me again🤣 I cannot exactly remember if it was during my Young Officers Course or another course, but I remember Gp Capt Dunama (then a Sqn Ldr or so) saying that the true measure of an officer is the man that he is when he is stripped of his uniform and rank.

I mean, there is a presumption that you ought to be worth the rank to wear it. But when you are stripped of the rank and uniform, how much are you really worth as a person? I am not speaking of the intrinsic value of every human being. I mean how would you be viewed by the same people who respect you because of your rank and uniform?

Some years ago, I saw one of those movies about global cataclysmic events. The known world was about to be destroyed, and only a limited number of people could be saved. They had to select people based on their skills and expertise. Engineers, doctors and such other professionals as were considered important for the rebuilding of the world after the event were preferred and selected over other professionals who were not considered to be so important.

Again, this is not the kind of value I am speaking of here. I believe that, depending on the context and situation, a fisherman may be more important than a doctor, and a carpenter more important than a lawyer.

The true value of a man, I believe, is determined by the measure of the milk of humanity that flows from him. Are you kind? Are you compassionate and considerate of others? Are you ...[Continue Reading]



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