Enjoyment of being responsible

My mother’s philosophy of life was being responsible, and she thought that we

should fulfil our responsibilities with enjoyment, not consider them a burden.

She used to say that responsible people make their own way and irresponsible

ones create hurdles for themselves as well as to the people associated with

them. These all statements always irritated me rather than inspired me. She

always tried to make me realize the importance of doing our own work on

time. Whenever, I got tensed or showed a regretful behaviour at something

she would say that you let it to be happen by keeping a distance between

yourself and responsibility.

I thought that if I started doing things before someone asked me to do, I would

have boring life, my friends wold make fun of me and there would no

memorable and beautiful moment in my life. I was not ready to accept a single

responsibility. Even One day I made a comment that it would be the last

moment of my life when someone tried to make me responsible. I gave this

remark because of the picture I have made about responsible people. I thought

of them boring, restricted, puppets, ostentatious, not loved by their families,

etc. like if a classmate of mine would complete his work on time, I called him a

sycophant of teacher. This was the level of my sense of responsibility.

The word responsibility had gone so far from my life that my father decided to

take me to hostel. He knew that hostel was the only place where I would suffer

if didn't accept my responsibilities and automatically the sense of responsibility

will grow up in me.in hostel I was constrained to do my own work because my

mom was not there to serve food for me, wash cloths, put my things in right

place and my sister was also not there to complete my homework.

The experience of hostel life took my life to a new turn; it provided me an

opportunity to learn from others. There I saw people that how they fulfil all

their responsibilities so nicely, happily and successfully. It taught me that if a

person is doing his own work than it never meant that he is not loved by his

family. It clarified the thought that being punctual doesn’t meant that the

student is puppet of a teacher. I learnt there that how can we enjoy the

colours of life by applying a regular pattern in life. Finally, I got the message

that how sense of responsibility is important to go on the right track of life

journey.

After spending too much time in hostel I was totally transformed into a

responsible and punctual personality. The way hostel life changed me has

great effect in my life. when I started to live with my younger cousins and more

far from my family especially when we went to new city and new life, I had

more responsibilities on my shoulders. I was supposed to look after my cousin,

to do part time job along with my studies and I was InCharge of religious

education centre. I was fulfilling all these responsibilities properly with full

enjoyment and no restrictions, because I have an experience of doing so.