Responsibility

Responsibility implies the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or or having control over some one.  Do we feel empowered by taking up responsibility? Or do we feel enervated by taking up responsibility.

A working woman , despite all the work at school, or her workplace cannot escape the responsibility of not performing the tasks outlined in her house . Similarly a father has to work , earn money to run his homestead or dwelling place . This is because we feel responsible for the family.

In this age of incessant frenetic activity , can we abandon our parents in their old age , when they are infirm or ill.  Will our conscience not prick.

"   One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad" writes Jim De Mint 

Lord Rama , to fulfill the attestation of his father took up the challenge and responsibility and went in exile for fourteen years . He was responsible and took up the challenge.  Concealed , was that Lord Rama had to slay Ravana . 

" You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it  today." wrote Abraham Lincoln 

Our mythology is brimful with events which touch upon taking up responsibility and acting accordingly .Pandavas were expatriated and deported . They accepted the reality . On completion of their period of exile , they fought the Kauravas .  Arjuna faced a piquant situation . He was in a quandary and  a conundrum as to whether he should wield the Gandiva.

He was about to abdicate his responsibility . At that crucial  point in time and juncture , Lord Krishna intervened and  directed and guided Arjuna to take up the responsibility. Gita Updesh  unshackled the cloistered and foggy mind of Arjuna  and he   engaged the Kauravas .

The predicament of whether to take up or not to take up responsibility is in our minds . And only a mind which is living in the present moment has the power of discrimination to take up responsibility.

Only those blessed with leadership qualities can take up responsibility .  He extends his hand , makes that additional stretch to makes his mind tensile to bring about a difference in his and the lives of  the society and the fellowship.

In the year 1935, Bill Wilson and Dr Bob Smith took up the responsibility to establish of Alcoholics Anonymous , which has provided a succor and umbrella for millions of addicts across the world .

"The first responsibility of the leader is to define reality, the last is to say thank you. In between , the leader is a servant." says Max de Pree