Take responsibility

Responsibility is the state of being accountable, responsible, or answerable.

In one way or another we are to take responsibility. People who lived their lives and achieved a lot in their life time did so because, they took responsibility for what they thought and believed they could become. Having a dream is not enough; it’s not enough to be a dreamer. This is the reason why many people’s dreams don’t come true, they only dream the dream and then do nothing about that dream expecting that things will fall in place just like that.

For a dream to be actualized, the dreamer must take responsibility. He must seek out the costs involved in the task he has chosen to undertake and then make a decision if he is to proceed or halt..

Show me a man with a dream and no sense of responsibility and I will show a man who will accept anything that life brings his way in life. One the other hand, show me a man with a dream and a sense of responsibility and I will show you a man with a dream who no matter the challenges that confront him on his way, he will still remain responsible for the realization of his dream. When you don’t take responsibility for your life, you may end up building a part of another man’s life in return for a reward. This is practical. Everyone wants a well paying job right? But every job provided was made available because a man or a woman who had a dream took responsibility to make their dreams happen. The business or organization that they own, which is the reason for your job anyway, is their vision. So when you come work for them you are actually signing up to help build their vision, which is also a part of their lives. So you see, this life actually, from careful observation, is a choice, even fate can be changed in it.

Some people may not agree with me when I say fate can be changed, let me explain; if a man was told that his fate is to become a medical doctor for example, we all would agree that if he didn’t attend Med School, that word about his fate won’t stand. As simple as it is, that man has successfully altered his fate from the decision he didn’t make. This explains that we can alter our fate by the decisions we do or do not make. Decisions point down to responsibility. Decisions are thoughts but responsibility involves actions. Make a decision to be responsible by deciding within yourself and taking actions in accordance with your decision.

We will look more into this subject in part 2 of this article. Thanks for reading