Rose Desrochers Thoughts On Taking Responsibility For Our ActionsPosted by Nick Niesen on October 26th, 2010 When do we start taking responsibility for our own actions? It appears that we no longer own our actions. Owning our actions, involves taking personal responsibility for what we do. Why is it that when something goes wrong, we need some place to lay the blame? Part of being a mature, responsible adult is to know that when we make a decision in life we are responsible for the outcome, not someone else.
Your electricity gets turned off because you didn?t pay the bill. Do you blame the mail man for not bringing the bill? Do you blame the electrical company, because you didn?t receive the bill? You knew the bill was due. You pay it every month, don?t you? It comes down to responsibility. You join a website and the administrator bans you for breaking the terms of service. You blame the administrator? Why? You knew the rules of the website upon joining and had you not known the rules, you should have prepared yourself better by reading them. Your daughter gets pregnant at 15. Let me guess you blame Britney Spears for influencing her to dress sexy. Yet you purchased the clothes for her and allowed her to wear them. Your son gets suspended from school for fighting, drinking and drugs. You don't take responsibility as the parent. You blame the child. Well don't family values start at home? It is the rules that you set down and enforce that count.
It is really unfortunate that we seem to be raising a generation of children that don?t take responsibility for their actions either. They blame their friends, they blame their teachers, and they blame everyone around them, but never themselves.
When do we learn as adults to be responsible for our own actions? When do we start living with the consequences of our decisions? Let go of blaming and being a victim. It serves no one. It sure doesn?t help you. Has not excepting responsibility for your actions made you happy? It is time to admit your mistakes rather than blame someone else.
I think it is time each of us assumed responsibility in life, by being liable for our actions and taking ownership of them. Please for goodness sake, stop making excuses for your life. When you have done wrong, admit to your mistakes and then move on. Like it? Share it!More by this author |