FLASH
Shkruar nga Lutfi Dervishi
102 years ago, an international wrote: "This country will be built, but only if these two leave." But he did not think that a day would come when everyone would leave, except for those "two"... who remain, in renewed versions.
In a report on Albania's prospects, an international wrote:
"This place will be done... but only if these two leave."
And he suggested that these two, for the good of the country, should leave at the same time. He was talking about Ismail Qemali and Esat Pasha. The year (backwards) 1913. From the very beginning, the solution to the problems appeared as "escape".
In Tropoja, in an anecdote, the solution was just as simple:
"Just let the Turk go, let the devil come."
Then the Austrian leaves, let hell come.
Then let Zogu leave, let the devil come.
Then the Italian leaves, let hell come.
"Then let the German leave, let the devil come."
And finally the devil came and stayed for 45 years. With sword, with pickaxe, with fear.
History has never been just a straight line, nor a zig-zag. It has been more of a circle, where everyone gives it the same "direction" even in freedom:
Nano runs away.
The error is gone.
Berisha leaves.
Rama leaves.
Berisha leaves.
And in the meantime, Noli fled the country, Konica fled, anti-communists fled, intellectuals fled, students, doctors, teachers, and then half of the people fled.
We have little patience to build and a lot of zeal to drive.
We also have a very strange relationship with development.
There are countries that choose evolution.
We add an 'r' in front. And we demand revolutions. We even leave schedules, just like on wedding invitations, for when they should start.
We trust the individual, not the institution.
Faith is stronger than writing.
The tribe is closer than society.
My interest is more sacred than any prophet.
Improvisation and action instead of planning.
Fence more useful than common space.
Self-righteousness is more just than justice.
The strong are more skillful than the wise.
And the golden cap disappeared.
We're leaving. And not just from the country.
We run away from responsibility.
We are running away from cooperation.
We run away from honesty, because "you are called stupid"
We run away from the good word.
"We flee from hope, because it requires patience."
And so, escape remains the oldest and most preferred solution/choice.
So perhaps it's no wonder that 102 years ago an international wrote: "This country will be built, but only if these two leave." But he didn't think that a day would come when everyone would leave, except for those "two"... who remain, in renewed versions.
Just let this one go... and let the devil come back, because we're used to it.
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