Personal Responsibility

There have been times recently when I have listened to people voice their opinions on issues, where I feel that they fail to accept personal responsibility for the roles that we play in the things that happen to us. Take my own experience as an example:

Recently, I lost someone that I love very deeply because I allowed the opinions of other's to create insecurity within my situation. Though there were things that this person could have done to squash issues that arose, I must still accept that I am not without fault in the matter. So I am now in a position where I am happy for this person in their new situation, despite not being a part of it. I know that the mistakes that were made before will not be made again, and I am better and stronger because of it. But in life, second chances are few and far between, and I see my situation so much more clearly now because of what I went through.

I know that we are in tough economic times, and that things are not where we wish they were, but a lot of the economic meltdown came from people living above their means. Long gone are the days when parents taught their children the value of living modestly and saving for their futures. Here are the days of easy credit, bigger houses, bigger cars, fancier clothes and jewels, and keeping up with what is seen on the television. It has placed our society into a downward spiral, and the road to recovery is long and hard. I think that this recovery period will show people just what they really need as opposed to what they think they need. I hope that this time really helps us re-evaluate what is important to us, and to protect both ourselves and our children in the event that such a meltdown happens again in our lifetime. My grandmother was around for the Great Depression, so this is her 2nd experience.

Although I know that the massive spending on the wars have created a great deal of this debt, we would have been much better able to handle it if so many of us were not living check to check, spending frivilously and preferring the buy now, pay later line of thinking over the 'ill buy what i can afford to have right now' attitude.

Another Day, Another Experience...
Ms ChiGyrl