Responsibility

                                                            - Navdeep Anand

Why have I got so much to do? I work so hard, get things done, and then I get more to do. Why?

I am rewarded well for my troubles, and occasionally get the gratitude of my colleagues and friends when things go well. Really, I do enjoy being given a task and working my way through until I succeed and create a solution.

In fact, despite the difficulties and pressure I have to face to achieve my goal, I quite cherish the feeling of success, and fulfilling my responsibility.

Every duty I have ever been given-every responsibility- I have always striven hard to accomplish. Total effort and dedication has been put into all these activities to constantly achieve positive results. In my studies, work and family life I have always carried out my responsibilities to full effect and have received the rewards from them.

So why is it that I give my full attention to passing, incidental tasks, but neglect my biggest responsibility, the responsibility given to me by God?

Having lived my entire life under the protection and guidance of God, I make no time for the responsibilities blessed upon me. Although I owe everything to the Almighty and thank him everyday for the happiness that has been given to me, I know deep down that there is more that I should be doing.

When and individual receives God Knowledge, they are given the most precious gift a human being can receive. But with this gift comes the immense responsibility of truthful living. This entails that we must live our lives as true human beings, not being possessed by our baser instincts, not to fall prey to the sin that can so easily succumb us, and most of all to lead a pure, applied life, embracing all with love and warmth.

When observed, this responsibility is in fact issued to enhance us, and not designed for our detriment. If we lead fulfilling lives as we have been asked, this can only make this short theatre known as life an undying pleasure.

All God has ever done for me is to ensure my happiness in life, and although having God knowledge and being under oath to carry out my ultimate responsibility, even this is placed on me for my benefit.

But if God has taken his time to fashion out my life just for my individual pleasure, if he forgives even my worst follies if he listens to all my complaints and angry ranting and still greets me with a sweet loving smile as if I am really his obedient child, why is it that I still can't perform the one responsibility that he has asked of me?

I would rather pour all of my efforts to be a responsible department manager, a responsible dog owner, a responsible football player, a responsible television viewer, a responsible mobile phone user, a responsible credit card user, a responsible  member of a boy band Internet fan club, a responsible committee member of a lets raise lots of money for starving war stricken children in the third world by holding an extravagant luxury star studded “charity fundraiser” where the whole night is fuelled by drink and drugs.

The only responsibility that actually means anything, that can change my life that can have a positive impact on the world, and that can actually go some way in repaying God's graciousness and will actually make him happy, and I totally ignore it.

I guess I'm not that responsible after all.

 
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