MY LIFE IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

 

As a prelude to the inauguration of the new school, it was decided to ask some of the alumni students to speak about their schooling for the social media. Those who came to my mind were those students who did their school proud in many ways, apart from being highly successful in their profession, each of them in their mid-thirty’s and forty’s, have been very responsible individuals.  

We cannot repay our parents, our teachers or our school for whatever they have done for us in our growing up years. All that we can do is, live by the values they have inculcated in us and make them feel proud by making it big in life. 

        How do we make it big in life?

By setting a goal, by giving a direction to our thinking, by making the right choices, by ensuring that our actions are in congruence to our goal.

Sounds simple, but it is a tall order. We have nothing to prove to the world. We just need to be true to ourselves, and that is work in progress.

Are you willing to grow? Nobody can help us to grow, unless there is a deep desire in us to grow. The world around is only a stimulus. But is there an inner craving to be the best?

We invariably give excuses for non-performance or lack of achievement. Nobody can be blamed, nor the circumstances, for our mistakes. Triggers can come from any quarter, but to get angry or not is a choice I execute. Somebody can tempt me to indulge in vices, but it is up to me to decide whether I should succumb to the temptation. My friend can help me to copy in the exam, but whether I will resort to copying is my decision.

Sleeping for some more time may be pleasurable, but will I choose to go late to school? Living a disciplined life every day may be boring, but does it make a difference? What I do when nobody is watching me is my integrity. Am I adhering to the culture and ethos of my school? Or am I guilty of violating the school rules?

So long as you understand that, “My life is my responsibility and no blaming is allowed,” you will not do anything that jeopardizes your own life. Blaming will not fix the problem. A failure will be a failure, a wrong habit will be a wrong habit, a loss will be a loss.

Don’t hand over the responsibility of your life to anybody else. It is not worth it.

You can paint your life with the most beautiful colours, you can chisel and sculpt yourself and create a marvel, you can script your own life and create history, you can pen your own story, you can hoist your own glory, you can be the master of your life!

All that you need to do is, take responsibility of your life!!!

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