The ostrich has some very good qualities, it is extremely fast, strong and would be a terrible threat to anyone. If only it can stop its deliberate act of stupidity. When an Ostrich feels it's in danger, it simply buries its head in the sand. I wonder where it thinks the rest of its body is! Isn't this what most of us do?
This phenomenon seems to have become a prominent feature in humans that a phrase has been coined from it "burying your head in the sand" i.e. deliberately living in denial.
How many times have you seen a tiny problem and turned a blind eye till it got out of control?
For instance, your child is acting up and you decide to pass it off as just a phase then it escalates to haunt you as a rebellious and completely out of control young adult, almost impossible to change.
It could also be your car making certain funny noises which you intentionally refuse to attend to until it broke down.
Worse still, how many times have you ignored the signs your body gave you until you ended up in the hospital so sick and sometimes, at the brink of death. Lives and properties have been lost, some destinies distorted, families have been broken because of denial. We are slowly losing our planet (global warming, extinction of species e.t.c) and the very fabric of our country is being corroded by the mammoth corruption has now become. These things or phenomenon were once little, what a little attention and effort would have solved, a righteous man refusing to turn a blind eye to evil, husband refusing to go to bed without apologizing to his wife, YOU refusing to bury your head in the sand!
We exhibit a total lack of responsibility and say "Oh, everything will be fine! I don't need to reassess myself or the situation at hand, no need to probe beneath the surface. Most times it is not that we are oblivious of the fact that the hunter is right on your heels, but we just feel we can deal with it later or it will be too hard to deal with. We begin to dig into the sand.
It's time we realize that every second more you spend with that shovel, the threat is coming closer, becoming more difficult to overcome. A problem ignored would not automatically disappear, it becomes bigger and worse. There is a wise saying "the best defense is a good offence!" It is the only way for that ostrich to neutralize the threat and the only way for you to prevent impending danger and avoid disaster.
LET'S FACE IT urges you and I to Stand, face it squarely, constantly reassures the situation and yourself. Don't procrastinate, the solution is just within your arm’s length. Overcoming difficulties and challenges is what progress is all about.
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