Responsibility

Everyone has responsibilities. Some are more important then others. It’s the choices that are made toward these responsibilities that determine a responsible or irresponsible person. It can be difficult being responsible in determining what are the right choices. I can pay rent or take care of a health problem. What’s the best or responsible choice in this situation? They both had to be and were done. Responsibility becomes the decision between want versus need. Taking care of the needs before the wants. 

The acceptance of personal responsibility is what separates the adult from the child. It's the great leap forward into maturity. Responsibility is the quality of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being. Responsibility goes hand in hand with success, achievement, motivation, happiness and self-actualization. It's the absolute minimum requirement for the accomplishment of everything you could ever really want in life. 

Our great aim in life is to develop character. Character is composed of self-esteem, self-discipline, the ability to delay gratification, and the willingness to accept full responsibility for our life and everything in it. The more we say to ourselves, "I am responsible," the stronger, better and finer a person we become. And every part of our life will improve at the same time.