A Haiku - Responsibility
A Haiku - Responsibility
Employers like them.
Wives cherish them, children too:
Responsible men.
Each of these relationships involves responsibility.
How do you handle responsibilities?
We knew in high school, if not before, that when we started "going steady" we took on certain responsibilities to a partner. If we were a member of a school team, we knew we had certain responsibilities to the other members of the team.
In the military, responsibility can determine success or failure, death or survival.
Parents undoubtedly tried to teach us that, as a member of the family, we had certain responsibilities to the rest of the family in terms of schedule, chores, cleaning, and reputation.
All I need to do in this article is to remind you of those times and carry that sense forward to today.
Are you married, or in a lasting relationship? If anything that has more responsibility to it than "going steady" did in high school.
Do you service customers, or work for an employer? If so, you are still literally a part of a team that depends on you to carry your part of the load and act responsibly, keep a schedule, perform your duties without being reminded, be neat and presentable, and protect the reputation of the company.
Being responsible is a key element of being mature. Some master that element at very young ages, others never quite come to the point of grasping its significance.
Responsible? Always? Occasionally? Or, irresponsible?
It's the measure of the person, male or female, adult or youth.
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