Designated Survivor

Designated survivor. What comes to mind when you hear these two words? Am sure by now most of us have already enjoyed the series. If not, then what are you waiting for? Am giving you a day, go watch it then come back I won’t have moved an inch. I will still be here waiting for you. That’s how much I care for you. Who are we kidding? Am sure your curiosity would probably get the best of you and you would still end up reading the whole article anyway. So since that’s your fault and you can’t blame me for spoiling the movie for you, let us continue. Shall we? So who is a designated survivor? you might ask. Sorry but when I tried to google the meaning, the best google could do was advertise the movie series. So once again go watch the movie. Sorry, you can’t say I didn’t try.
I am done playing around with your patience. I always seem to talk about love, so am sure you must be wondering how the movie fits in love related matters. Sorry to burst your bubble if you haven’t watched the movie but the producer didn’t exactly have love as a theme for the movie, the actors have their pants on pretty much through the whole movie. Sorry. So here is the catch, we are going to be talking about the heart.
Sometimes I think God was unfair when allocating functions to the parts of the body. For such a small part, the heart was surely given more than it should have. But what do I know? He is the big boss and we ask no questions. So this is it. I’ve talked in my previous articles, about how most of us are careful not to put our hearts or love all in one place. Most of us at one point in life have or will go through a heart break.
For those of us who can relate, trust me it’s never business as usual. Picture this, our hearts as the president of our bodies. We can agree to it being the big boss. The commander in chief. Scientifically it would make sense to say ‘he’ is in charge of the day to day running of his ‘nation’. The brain is his chief of staff, the eye is the minister for foreign affairs the rest I leave for you to decide on how your cabinet will be structured. Feel free to leave a comment in the comments below let’s see how creative you can be.
When we get into a relationship, we will agree that it’s always a big risk. A threat to national security. Anything can happen and there are no guarantees. Just like Tom Kirkman was the designated survivor on the night of the state union, he was the guy to head the country incase anything was to happen to the president, vice and those who follow in the hierarchy of power. I believe the heart should have a designated survivor. I know the whole idea sounds absurd but give it a thought. Our case is even worse than the movie. Think, if anything was to happen to the heart, which organ would step in, the brain? Trust me am speaking from experience when I say it’s not to be trusted. How many times have people gone back to their exes after a heart break? Do you think they were using their brains? And now that ‘Mr. Intelligent’ is out of the picture, what other options do we have. And please let’s not talk of anything below the shoulders, and even worse nothing below the waist. That is a national disaster, a state of emergency. Then what do I suggest, that we should be born with three hearts, one for pumping blood, the other for love related issues and one more just in case one of the first two fails? If that’s what it takes to bring sanity in the world of relationships, then yes. In fact, when I resurrect for my second part of life I want to come back prepared, (nitakuja nimejipanga).
If there is something life has taught me, is to always have a backup plan. No matter how obvious it seems that things will play out in your favor. Always ask yourself what if. This is in no way a ticket for all of you to get paranoid or untrustworthy, just keep your eyes and mind open. Relationships are as critical as running a nation. And just like in the movie sometimes it doesn’t take qualifications. As a matter of fact, there are no qualifications to run a perfect relationship. You just need to believe in it enough and work towards it, and the secret is not to give up easily. There is always an option. Someone said if plan A fails, try plan B if that fails, the alphabet has over 20 more letters.