There’s this phrase thrown around whenever I go back for reservist, or I find myself in a situation where obligations are placed: “If it’s not me, then who?”
The idea is that if the person doesn’t do that job, or take up that role or appointment, then who will do it? And it will end up with a bad situation, and everyone will suffer because of that loss of that one person.
But another way to think about it is: if it’s not for me, that I’m doing this task for, then who am I doing this task for?
I found myself listening to a conversation where the people in it kept complaining about their different situations that they were dealing with. They were just going on and on about why they were in a bad place, and why they should not be there. But if it’s not for themselves that they were doing this for, then who were they doing this for?
In a situation where one needs to think of the big picture, responsibility goes really high. Above personal agenda. When when accepts the idea of a divine responsibility, then there’s a definite sense of purpose and fulfillment. But if someone doesn’t even understand their own place in the world, then what’s the point of trying to fight against an obligation or responsibility? It’s not like they’d have anything better to do.
And to me, that is the reason why the human race will never go beyond a certain point. We’re just outrightly too selfish. God save our souls.