Philosophies

"A famous philosopher once said we don't know what we want, but we are responsible for who we are...
"He was French and had a lot of time on his hands. But he's not wrong...
"Nobody wants to take responsibility for anything really. Their actions, their words, their secrets, their desires. And the hardest thing, to be responsible for someone else and that’s something you have to work for. And you won't know if your ready until you try."
- Six Degrees


Responsibility is huge! It means you are in charge of something. You are the leader, co-leader, whatever. It is HUGE! And normally we are only willing to accept it when it is in our favor.

We may not know exactly what we want, but in the end we have to account for our actions.

One of the things that hit me hardest in this statement is to be responsible for someone else is something we have to work for.

In life it is so true. Nothing is ever really given to us. Marriage, children, leadership positions, etc. are all something we have to work to keep and they are all big responsibilities.

I think perhaps this is one of the things that scares me about marriage. Knowing that I need to pick the right companion that I will be able to share responsibilities with. It is a joint effort and it will only work if both sides are functioning.

In my life, I have been in a one oar boat going in circles. That is not something I want for my future family.


"I don't get you people," O'Mally said.

"Us with the boobs?" M. Grey replied.

"Yeah," he said with a sigh.

"We make a lot of bad decisions..."


I am having one of those days today, where I am not making the best decisions. It is interesting how the things we do affect how we feel. When we are doing what we are supposed to be doing, life is great. And when we fall flat on our face, it really sucks.

The responsibility of everything along with some personal frustrations only adds to it. What really gets me is that I know how to go around the pot holes and yet I still manage to find the big ones.

One of the great reliefs in my life is that I am finding fewer and fewer pot holes. I keep reminding myself that I am building a mountain and that when I seem to fall I am actually packing the dirt underneath me. So, I am not falling all the way to the bottom of the hill, but I am still climbing.