Believe me when I say there is no
responsibility heavier than the responsibility of your own self. The
responsibility of your choice and decision. You have yourself to blame
for the outcome of every choice you make in life. You are responsible
for the way your life has turned out to be, you are responsible for
your failures and accomplishments. It'd only be foolish to deny the
responsibility of your decisions. Accept the responsibility of your
mistakes so that you'll learn from them.
I remember when I used
to starve myself whenever I'm provoked. There would be enough food in
the house, but I'd rather starve myself than take even a single
spoonful of the food. Now in that kind of situation; am I supposed to
blame anyone for my hunger? The simple thing would have been putting
away all my anger and freeing my heart of all bitterness and enjoy my
food but because I'd rather blame someone else for the heaviness of
heart and the hunger that I felt, I stayed hungry.
In life we are
all presented with choices everyday and you are to shoulder the
responsibility of the choice you make. If you are a student and you
have an exam to write and instead of studying, you spend your time
watching television, playing games and chatting, when the time for the
exam comes, you'll have no one but yourself to blame for not preparing
and you'll have to deal with the responsibility of failing the exam.
You are in a relationship and you expect your partner to propose to
you, yet you don't make any effort to ensure your relationship works,
you fight all the time and you don't try to understand him, you don't
even try to make him feel loved, if your relationship fails, you'll
have to bear the disappointment it brings with it. That is your cross.
But
do you know the interesting part? Let's assume that your life is in a
mess right now, that you're even a very bad person and there is nothing
pleasant about you. I have good news for you, and that good news is you
can still turn your life around and enjoy the benefits of being a good
person. You can decide to shun evil today and do away with your bad
personality.
Maybe you are hurt because you are due for
promotion and instead of you being promoted, another person got that
promotion. This might make you feel sad, disappointed, like you are no
good. No, you shouldn't feel that way. There are always opportunities,
if you look closely, you'll see other ways for your hard work to be
appreciated. There is a saying, "If you don't choose, you are
unconsciously making a choice for others to choose for you", so don't
let anyone determine or decide for you how you should feel, make a
decision, change the way you feel about yourself and put that decision
into motion through your actions and you'll be surprised to see how
things will change for the best for you.
Remember there is a bit
of goodness in everyone, no matter how bad or weak you or people think
you are, there is a bit of goodness in you. I've heard stories of how
prostitutes, ritualists, occultists and high profile assassins gave up
their crooked way of life and are today living a justified life. I've
also heard stories about people who were tagged weak and dull made it
in life just by making a single decision and taking a single step. You
too can do that; you can decide to change your life. You may like to
think of your past life as an accident or a long nightmare. I would
like you to think of this day as a new dawn, a long awaited morning
after the nightmares of yesterday. Are you having doubts about your
life? It's time to stop having doubts, face life as it comes, make your
decisions and stand by them. This could be your chance of living a good
life, of making things right. It's only a matter of choice and don't
forget "your choice is your responsibility".
Another thing
friend, make the right choices today, so that you'll be glad to
shoulder the responsibilities that will come with them tomorrow.
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