Responsibility Makes Us A Person Of Substance

Responsibility makes us. Something that can make or break us.

If it makes us it can

• offer structure to our life and our deeds and actions
• offer hope of fulfilling our potential
• offer us the chance to lead a full and active life

If it makes us start to crack we may

• start to blame ourselves for not putting in the effort, or for not succeeding where we feel we should
• feel liable and vulnerable to fears and uncertainties, doubts and confusion - all of which will hardly help our cause
• feel guilt for not trying hard enough, or trying hard but not making it (when compared with our friends and mates)

But at the end of the day responsibility does come with a price.

• It should not be a duty, not just a duty
• It should not become a burden for us
• It should not be seen as being too hard
• It should not be seen as too soft
• It should not be seen as weak and pathetic
• It should not be seen as anything but what it is . . .

We need to be able to shake those feelings off and

• start to realize what we are capable of
• the responsibilities we have shouldered in the past and succeeded with
• what we know we can do in life
• what we know is down to us, and down to us alone

We need to apply

• common sense
• a rational and not emotional approach
• our caring nature
• our best efforts

ourselves and work at it like we mean it.

Then we will know that we are taking life seriously.