When responsibility is placed on you,
Do you embrace it or do you run?
Does your heart beat in fear or do you take it with your head held high and a swell in your chest?
Do you think you’re not enough to handle it or that you’re the best man?
Would you rather assign to someone else?
Does responsibility signify problems rather than growth?
One of my first instincts would have been to say that responsibility placed on you by someone means consistency, hard-work, capability, great thinking skills or let’s just put it in one sentence and say, the person thinks you can handle it. And I totally agree. I agree that responsibility means a lot of good things, and that as you grow, it makes sure that you don’t just grow in age but also in other areas of your life like maturity and stuff.
I know this can be very unconvincing for some people, especially because it’s the kind of reply you expect people to give you on topics like this – that responsibility is good, hard-work is important, and stuff like that. Yeah, it is true, and I’d say that because as much as the world and times are changing, some mindsets, some of the values that helped man then – in the older generations, can still help us. Sometimes, the breakthrough doesn’t have to be something completely new or different, it could be sitting right in front of you, albeit it might need some touch-up.
I’ll give an example of what I mean with the concept of hard-work. Our society taught as we grew, that one of the keys to success is hard-work, whereas now, it’s a different narrative with the concept of working smart. As not so different as these two words are in generations and the compared output they have been proven to have, they still share a common ground on something. Work. Effort.
As I was saying, because I diverted for a moment, responsibility could be a good thing or responsibility could be that thing you’re trying to run from all your life out of fear (trying because you can’t escape it) It could be the cause of anxiety and feeling lost, because it comes with a lot. Responsibility is not just a good thing, it comes with a lot (read that again) and that’s what makes it draining sometimes, makes people not want to be associated with it. The unpleasing part is, as you grow, responsibility grows with you.
Domestic responsiblity is different from work/school responsibility, the same way that is different from service responsibility (like something you would do for your church or something) and sometimes, you have to handle them all at once.
Although I do not write here to forcefully make you change your mind towards responsibility, I do hope this piece of writing influences you to be more open-minded towards it.
How do I feel when responsibility is placed on me?
Like a lot of people, I do feel like running away from it sometimes. Again, this is because of how uneasy responsibility can be to own. But you know, there are those times that I’m ready to own my thing and I do try to make those times often.
Sometimes, responsibility for me is that feeling that you’re finally acknowledged in a place where you’ve probably been seen together with everyone else as one. And that’s a big thing, something I wouldn’t want to let off without putting in good effort. And then, every once in a while, the fear pops by. Like, am I up to the task?
One thing that we have always been told is constant, is change. That’s how responsibility works. It’s new at first, and so it’s hard to get a hang of it. It comes with so many feelings and can take a toll on a lot of aspects of you. And so, as these feelings come, do not let it be that if you fell the first time you tried to take charge of your responsibilities, you give up. You should find a balance between the feelings of being sorry for yourself and pushing yourself to do what needs to be done. Some of us need that brutal harsh truth, push and wake-up call though, honestly.
BE WILLING!
Being responsible is literally taking charge of your life. What do you choose today?
Everyone has a responsibility. Everyone has a role. Some have big ones, others, smaller.
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What are your experiences with responsiblity? If you feel up to it, comment. It could be the story someone needs to hear.
On the note of values, do you think the same values if then apply to now or they’re not really worth it?
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