I get scared of this word whenever I hear it. Before you call me lazy, try to hear me out then you'll see that it might not be my fault.
Wait…that's just me not taking responsibility for things, right? Because everything that happens to a man is his fault, but when I was mu h younger i never really thought about how much power and control we all have over our lives.
First it's school, food, and clothes. These are all things that your parents decide for you and if you're not being careful, you'll think that they are the ones that would have to keep deciding for you all your life.
I even know some people who their parents still decide for them until adulthood. Not that there's nothing bad in there, but we should know that whatever comes from each decision either from our parents, friends, or family members is our fault and never about anyone around you.
In the past, I would say I am in for pointing fingers at people which I am not proud of because I saw how I couldn't have done it better too. And if we are being honest, not everything is going to go perfectly the way we want it all the time.
Unless you're a God and can snap a finger to make things happen, or you have a genie in a lamp, then you're prone to make mistakes. Costly or not is not the case but rather after you realized your mistakes and faults, the next question to ask is what exactly will you do now champ?
Take Responsibility and Move on to improve things or wallow in pain, guilt, shame and then blame others for those mistakes.
Responsibility for me was not something I choose and if I could, I honestly don't know what to choose because you see, in this life, we've all got one or two excuses that hold us back from reaching our peak potential.
It could be excuses, blaming others or just being a lazy ass naturally or too stupid to take actions. I apologize for my harsh words, but this is something I have had a fair share of due to being carefree from a young age. In could say it's my background. But right now, I'm in a space to decide on countless things and I see how hard it is for humans to make decisions.
Not that it's difficult to decide on things, but due to the uncertainty of the outcomes we get scared that we might lose. It's like trying not to invest in assets just because you might lose money. However, what we forget to think is what if we get to win?
Life will deal you many cards, but they are all about left and right, do it or don't, take responsibility or don't.
It's that's simple, to be honest. So, regardless of which cards we are dealt with, it's never going to be an easy road.
Some people would say the rich are dealt with good cards, but I don't think that's true because they also suffer from a lot of emotional baggage and countless things that are never brought to the public attention since they can use their money to make it go away without getting to the public eyes.
The difference between us is just that the poor don't have money to buy a mask to mask up their pain, hence the perception that others have about them smiling all the time. Reminds me of the joker, yes the rich can be compared to jokers at some point because many of them, not all, are always smiling in public and suffering in silence.
Life will never be a smooth sail but whichever route your ship ends up it's 100% your fault. The rich are self-made, this we hear so often, but the poor are also self-made, even if they would rather not admit it.