BE RESPONSIBLE…………….

One who is responsible has an obligation to do something, they consider caring for that thing or someone as part of their job role.

You’ll agree with me that the difference between a sane person and the insanely is the ability to distinguish between adventures that make a total sense, and the one that oozes insanity. So allow me to liken being irresponsible with sheer insanity.

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·       What could make anyone not lick their fingers after rinsing their bums at the convenience?  Sense.

·       What triggers obedience to traffic rules and not jump at an oncoming vehicle when suicide is not in thought?   Sense.

·        Can any sane person blow his/her nostrils and paste the mucus over two slice breads to consume?   No.

So why should any sane human choose to subject his or herself to being problematic, hence a total waste to humanity?  Insanity.

Being responsible is not allowing our occasional abnormal selves, to do awkward stuffs only the insane do. (Titipetral-2019), humor asides, common sense dictates that we stay responsible.

Why am I saying all of these? It is saddening how some adults subject themselves to being utterly irresponsible and not attending to some societal roles expected of them. 

     Listed below however are places we are expected to birth a high level of responsibility as an individual and how;

In the family;

A man is expected to care for his nuclear family especially, forget the fact that child support is compelled in some sane countries; it is a normal thing to do. With the exemption of men that are genuinely incapacitated for sudden reasons ranging from loss of jobs, Health challenges etc.  Outside the onus of marriage, a man is also expected to be responsible for any of his actions; bearing forth fruits is one of them. Only a weak man hides under the aegis of his successful partner to shy away from performing his duties. Women in turn are not to be a burden but be utterly responsible too. Don’t mistake me for a sexist though.

Here’s the funny thing;

Some men would rather booze and spend on strippers at clubs that pay fees, and then he comes home thoroughly baptized in his own urine, drunk. The same people he neglected would be the ones to clean the mess they didn’t create. I’d seen more than enough instances to birth examples from.

Part of family responsibility too is care for our parents; it is an obligation that must be fulfilled. Many of them never had a life just so we could survive and the sad truth is that they might not be here more than a few decades, so allow them the luxury of being happy as much as our finances could take.

Are you a drug junkie? So problematic that your parents have had to sell off all of their assets to sort ills you incessantly created? How does that even make you feel as an adult that knows the right thing to do? On this same planet, some kids are either building houses or buying over mortgages for their own parents, they don’t have better heads than you do.

In the society, Religious Homes alike

This is taking charge of things entrusted in our care regardless of if someone is looking or not, let your conscience be the judge. Drinking to stupor and throwing up on co-passengers on a public transport is unreasonable, resist it. The less privileged are the responsibilities of every comfortable household, help them without being symbiotic. Not when you intentionally dispose excess foods yet surrounded by people who are hungry, it displeases Mother Nature.

Being irresponsible is when you vandalize public properties, even private ones at the slightest provocation or snatching of ballot boxes for a peasant sum (all hail great Nigeria).

Far from being a religious bigot, I do not see a big deal in paying a ten percent of my income to a place where I chose to worship, it is for her general maintenance so no issues,  Meanwhile twenty four percent tax deductions from source occur on my monthly net at work, this is to a government that is far from being considerable to the well-being of the populace, need I complain? This is Nigeria.

 Generally as a matter of compulsion, we are expected to make an impact in whatever capacity/position/group we find ourselves. That is responsibility at its peak

At the work place

Most employees are not happy with their jobs, but they have to keep working because the money bag has to be secured, no thanks to the surmounting bills. Yet, posterity says that you work tirelessly and in absolute commensurate to the pay for those who have a clear conscience. Always strive to justify the pay you take home at the end of the day because somehow, how you do the work of others is the same way you would unconsciously do yours, it’s a ripple effect.

For oneself

This is having a good maintenance culture to oneself. Cease being frivolous and selfish, destructive, malicious etc.

Stay responsible with your health. Cancer asides, any other illness can kill as long as the intervention is not timely. It is generally easier to maintain than outright repair.

Be responsible.

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