Sense of responsibility

The short journey we call life teaches us a lot of things. It hasn’t always been a bed of roses, since we are involved in different kinds of daily struggles. We need shields to able to face fear and vicissitudes, to protect ourselves while we are standing on the battlefield.  Like many people, I have immersed myself into deep thinking, hoping to find the suitable weapon to wield, something neither sophisticated nor easily breakable. 

I have finally concluded that the perfect weapon, the sure-fire cure in another term, is to be bestowed sense of responsibility.

The word “sense” refers to a strong feeling of desire towards something, whereas the word “responsibility” refers to a moral duty to deal with things in a decisive, sensible and honest manner.

Sense of responsibility is a transition in one’s life, from having a childish and immature way of thinking, to shaping a new mindset leading to see things differently and acting decisively. This is the fruit of an accumulation of years of experience by frequenting many events and adopting different attitudes to deal with daily challenges.

This sense is also about being completely aware of obligation towards society, family, and performing tasks at work. Serving the common good is set as priority, narrowing one’s interest by giving much importance to what matters to the group.

Any Society is prone to change that may affect all aspects of life, and sometimes it’s devastating. Nowadays, the readiness to assume one’s responsibility is bit by bit diminishing, a phenomenon prevalent everywhere reaching professional levels. We are talking about parents, doctors, teachers and other remembers of society who no longer consider fulfilling their duty as a vehicle for prosperity, and effectiveness inside institutions and their country as a whole. This leads to a hideous consequence, which resides in inheriting a surrounding suffering from scarcity of role models, at the same time witnessing the rise of waves of trivial people, whose cultural background represents a grave danger to the future of the upcoming generations, and of course the seeds of our future, the young, are consequently left behind in a vacuum without those champions who, by definition, pass down morals and ethics to build balanced and sturdy personalities.

Sense of responsibility is a school, experience and a value highly needed in everyone’s life, because it stands for an insurance against any disability threatening societies, and once is adopted surely the way to success is already paved.

By Ismail KAMAL