Simon says...
"Simon says…" As a ‘Die Hard’ fan of action movies I have always loved the ‘Die Hard’ trilogy and this dialogue from part 3, Die Hard with a Vengeance, is my favourite. The story goes like this: The bad guy, ‘Simon Gruber,’ has assigned a series of tasks to the protagonist, ‘John McClane,’ and his partner, ‘Zeus Carver,’ and whenever Simon explains a task to ‘John McClane,’ he starts with this phrase, “Simon says…,” followed by the task. We all have a ‘John McClane’ in us, but we also have a ‘Simon Gruber’ in us as well. Let’s face it; nobody aspires to be a ‘Simon Gruber’ out of choice, we all would love to be a hero someday, so our aspirations are always about being a ‘John McClane.’ The ‘John McClane’ is us is continually guiding us to do the right thing, and make the right choices. He is, sort of, ‘the force’ behind every good decision, good deed and the right choice that we make. However, deep down, the ‘Simon Gruber,’ in us is also waitin...
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