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Responsibility to your society

Societies are bounded by established standards and laws that guide members of the society on how to live and function right.  Your refusal to live within the ambit of the law and set standards is what makes you irresponsible. You may find yourself in a society that has lost its values, full of corruption, lacks regard for human dignity, moral and ethics; it’s your responsibility to make a difference, live a life worthy of emulation and be the positive influence your society needs. Do not look onto others for the change you can create, be the agent of change your society needs.

The willingness to accept the standard established by the society and make effort to live by those standards is your responsibility and if you fail to meet the set standard, do not look around for factors outside yourself to blame. It takes humility and courage to take ownership of your mistakes and make adjustment when and where necessary but you become irresponsible when you blame family, society, economy… for your failure in life. It’s unfortunate how people waste precious years procrastinating and believing there will be more time tomorrow than there is today, don’t be deceived, the future is not a distant event, it comes to you everyday. Today is the perfect time to take responsibility for your thought, choices, actions and who you are.

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Responsibility to your family

The family is a small institution of the society, it constitute of parent and children with definite roles and responsibility. Responsibilities increases towards the extended members of the family and family bond is built as the members grow and the relationship developed become more complex.

The parent as the head of the family must specifically identify their responsibility and patiently help their children do same as they grow. The parent must take leadership role and carefully help to steer the wheel of the family to a life of permanent success. Beyond paying the bills, there are very important responsibilities that parent must assume in order to position their family on the right track and build a solid family institution that will survive generation after them.

As parents, one big responsibility we have is to become role models to our children; we must live up to expectation. Your children should look up to you and be able to emulate your character and personality. You must discipline yourself to keep up your personality and be the perfect example for your children both in morals and attitude. You owe it to your children to teach them to have respect for themselves and others, to believe in themselves and appreciate who they are, you must teach them to have integrity, boldness and be self motivated. Help them plan their lives as early as you can, don’t be that parent chasing everything else around with little or no time for the family, you must learn to build family bond and inspire love in your family. Don’t become so busy with work and business with no time to establish the rudiment of family institution, don’t watch your children develop hatred for one another, don’t be the type of parent that look up to your children for sustenance, be the one that lay up inheritance for your children and their generation, set them on the right footing and watch them grow to maturity.

To the youth and young adult, be responsible; be involved in the family institution and its development. If your parent fail to help you discover your personality at a tender age, its time to wake up, re-discover yourself, don’t be the one that’s 30 years old and still occupying space in your parents domain, if you are, be involved with the family maintenance and expenses. Don’t be big for nothing, but in responsibility, you have come of age, you can make decisions that will positively impact your life. Be a contributor, not a collector, it’s your responsibility to sustain the great virtues that your parent have instituted in the family, improve on it and help to keep your family on that level of permanent success. Don’t blame your present circumstance on your family, if you are not satisfied with your condition, it’s your responsibility to make a change and be the change you want to see in others.

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Responsibility to yourself

This is the first thing you must do in your quest for the life of success; you must be responsible for who you are and where you are. Your present circumstance or position in life is a function of the cumulative decisions you have made in your life, deliberately or otherwise. You are who or where you are today because of the good or bad decisions you have made in the past and your choices are like building blocks that help to shape your destiny. Do not get used to blaming everyone around you for whom or where you are in life. So where ever you find yourself today, you must take responsibility.

To be responsible to yourself, means that, you must be a man or woman of integrity, people should be able to take you for your words and actions, you should be able to make accurate decisions at the right time and at the right place, you should be engaged in something meaningful, don’t stay idle at every point in your life and you must not shy away from the result or outcome of your decisions or actions. Do not be ashamed of who you are or where you are from, be responsible, and be proud of your person and what you do.

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