Responsibilities

Responsibility is hard, and the more things you are responsible for the harder life gets. A simple life is one with few responsibilities. Having a house, a car, a family, having influence and power, all these are marks of success in our world, and yet I wonder if the true sign that someone is succeeding in life is how they handle the responsibility of those things. Having been the possessor of a house for almost 10 months now I'm coming to realise how big a responsibility it is and how easily it could get (and for some people clearly has got) away from them, leaving them in much worse situations than they started with.
     Yet, at the same time responsibility is important. Someone with no responsibility is likely to become reckless. This is why young people should be given responsibility, and not just for show, but real tasks that genuinely matter. It increases maturity and wisdom and bring value to life. It also reminds us that we're not as awesome as we sometimes think we are, that we all need help.
     So, take on responsibilities, but gradually, as you are able to meet the demands of each one, and give responsibilities to others, and help others as they need it.