Responsibility, by Nali
Feb. 1st, 2005 10:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valancystirlingI think this is so important that instead of trying to write my own summary of the concept, I'll just post a link to Nali's Rant, which is, as always, dead on.
Here.
I've gone through phases of varying childishness wherein I had an excuse for everything. I was my own spin doctor, and could twist anything to suit my purposes. In some ways, I was merely a character in a story I was creating as I went along. I like to think I'm getting better about acknowledging my own shortcomings and supposed "character flaws" (which, incidentally, I'm finding are not necessarily intrinsic and can all be repaired when the timing is right).
We're all responsible for ourselves and what we do, whether we think it affects other people or not. We're not five years old, people. Everything can change in one day, one HOUR, if you decide you want it to.
We're all going to screw up occasionally, and I also seem to go through phases wherein I do that a lot. But I think the point is to recognize things for what they are (good AND bad), take what lessons you can from it, and not dwell on it.
Here.
I've gone through phases of varying childishness wherein I had an excuse for everything. I was my own spin doctor, and could twist anything to suit my purposes. In some ways, I was merely a character in a story I was creating as I went along. I like to think I'm getting better about acknowledging my own shortcomings and supposed "character flaws" (which, incidentally, I'm finding are not necessarily intrinsic and can all be repaired when the timing is right).
We're all responsible for ourselves and what we do, whether we think it affects other people or not. We're not five years old, people. Everything can change in one day, one HOUR, if you decide you want it to.
We're all going to screw up occasionally, and I also seem to go through phases wherein I do that a lot. But I think the point is to recognize things for what they are (good AND bad), take what lessons you can from it, and not dwell on it.
