Hard Choices

The above clip is from the 2002 movie Equilibrium starring Christian Bale. I'm not going to give a full synopsis of the movie, but if you haven't seen it, then I highly recommend it.

If there was a class about "Warriorship", this movie would be on the curriculum under the lesson "Emotion." That is the mean theme of the movie, and to me this scene clearly lays out the overall message of the movie: emotion is a wonderful thing that we have a natural right to, but if not kept in check, can lead to chaos.
There are hard choices in life that we all have to make, and while all of our choices affect others, the warrior is often asked to make decisions with people's lives at stake. As stated in the clip, the warrior has to put aside their emotions and use a combination of their logic and intuition to make the right choice. I have learned that the right choice is often the hardest to make, the one that goes against your personal interests. Making the right choice often also means making unpopular decisions that people may even end up hating you for.

Regardless of all of that, we put our wants and feelings aside and make the hard choices that others won't, we put ourselves in danger  for the sake of others, we shoulder the burden without complaint and march on confident that we made the right choice.