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My dad (No longer with us), was a stickler for taking responsibility for ALL of our actions and sticking to our promises!
Our society is riddled with people who want to do whatever comes to mind, and once they are caught or discovered, they want to blame their actions on how they were brought up, a disability, oppression, whatever they can find!
This used to annoy my dad! It now annoys me!
Taking personal responsibility means you understand that “YOU” are responsible for the outcome of your life.
There are so many people in our society who are clueless about this concept!
I hear schools, politicians, religious leaders reinforcing the misguided concept that “It is not our fault”
It’s either the Devil! Lack of Funds! Lack of Education! Lack of
Life always gives you the consequences related to your actions or inaction. Being responsible makes it clear that you accept accountability for your actions.
A person, goes to jail, suffers in jail, comes out and stupidly commits the same crime that got them there in the first place! They don’t blame themselves for the crappy life that they have! That’s the last thing they want to admit!!
Making different choices would create different experience in their lives, but they’ve had friends, family, and society telling them that it’s not their fault, so many continue believing in their heart that it is someone else’s fault why they do what they do!
Some also make stupid decisions based on past bad experiences that they’ve had or incidents in their life that they feel have forced them to make the choices that they have made.
Reactive decision-making is the
There are individuals who rob/steal and/or kill others and feel justified in doing so because their logic dictates that the people that they steal from or hurt doesn’t deserve what they have as much as they (The Thief’s) does,
They feel that because their lives have had many failures based on bad decisions, it’s the fault of successful people! How ridiculous is that line of thinking,
I never understood why kids in the inner city, rarely have new books or programs that prepare them for the outer world! I know! I know! The first thing I hear is “MONEY”
I can show you 100 things you can do to improve your life without much money!! (That is legal and can be done with little effort!).
I can show any poor community how to produce kids that will go on to be doctors, scientists, or teachers!
I can also develop a solution for any community who finds it difficult to educate their kids and why teaching them personal responsibility from age 2 onward is very important.
There is NO EXCUSE Why someone who was born into poverty, have to lack personal responsibility. Why is that the first thing that is lost in translation?
If you work long hours or two jobs, FIND THE TIME TO SPEND 1 HOUR EVERY OTHER DAY OR 1 HOUR ON THE WEEKEND having discussions with your kids! And helping them to build self worth.
Forget about starting when they are 12 or older! That habit has to start much sooner.
My father was a plumber who worked long hours, but we used to have our sit-downs and talk times. My father and I talked about many life affecting subjects. His non-judgmental or non-argumentative approach allowed me to trust him and relied on him for advice.
We also used to have "Read-a-book" time. I enjoyed reading to my father. Reading fun things. Even joke books.
It made a BIG DIFFERENCE in my life!! We weren’t rich! As a matter of fact we were POOR JAMAICANS, but values and working for a better future through personal responsibility and education made the difference.
Entire societies can be changed through the teaching of personal responsibility and basic education (Math, Science and Reading)
