Man is a social being. He is used to living in society and uncomfortable feels alone. To the hermits are inclined units, although everyone needs his own personal space and non-autopsy of outsiders. But to live in a society and to be free from it is impossible. That's why we are all connected by obvious and invisible threads with a lot of other people: relatives, friends, acquaintances, colleagues and even those with whom we meet by chance on the street or in the transport.
The foundations of the human dormitory
On how to build relationships with people, written a lot of guidelines for action. And we all know the 10 commandments, and the fact that we need to treat others as we want them to treat us. However, speaking about love and tolerance as the most important principles of harmonious and highly spiritual ties, we forget about one more quality, no less significant and principled. It is the responsibility - before someone and for something. And after all everything is based on it: family, work, life, career. And not only in personal, but also on a universal scale. What does it mean to be a responsible person? Let's try to highlight this issue from different sides.
From simple to complex
First of all, probably, it must be mandatory. Remember, as in the saying: "Give a word - hold!" Therefore, to keep promises, to answer for one's words, to correspond to them, not to throw to the wind - that's what it means to be a responsible person. And it's about big and small! A sense of compulsion must be brought up from early childhood. An elementary example of what it means to be a responsible person: the mother instructed her to clean her daughter, she promised to do it, but she played, forgot. In the evening, guests unexpectedly arrived, and the apartment is a mess. Who will blush? That's right, Mom. And for the disorder, and for the daughter, who has not yet learned to live up to promises. And if, after what happened, the adults hold an educational conversation with the child, they will help to realize that it was he who put everyone in an uncomfortable position - a daughter's lesson on what it means to be a responsible person will be assimilated once and for all.
Conscience and responsibility
Obligation is simply necessary to inculcate in children in those families where several children are growing or there are sick, helpless relatives. Warm up and serve the old grandmother's tea, find lost points, take the brother out of the garden or feed him dinner, check the lessons of the sister - parents can easily take care of their 10-11-year-old children.
The child will soon understand what it means to be a responsible person if something really important is dependent on him. In this case, such a moral category as conscience will become understandable and intimate for him. And if a teenager tries to come out of school in time not because his parents scold, but because his grandmother is waiting for him at home, who can not get food from the refrigerator, or a dog that needs to walk, he does not need to explain what it means to be A man of high responsibility. And in the future, becoming an adult, he will not be afraid to take care of his relatives or strangers on his shoulders. And to live next to him will be reliable.
Is the fairy tale a lie?
In the "Little Prince" of Antoine Exupery there is a phrase, long and firmly become winged: "We are responsible for those who have tamed." It is directly related to what it means to be responsible in our understanding. The hero of Exupery left his planet and went on a trip because he was offended by Rosa - a beautiful flower, but extremely capricious and restless. The prince thought that Rosa was a self-willed egoist, did not appreciate his care and attention, was only concerned with herself. He did not understand the simple truth: when you are in need, this is a great happiness. The wise Fox opened his eyes to the hero. He explained that on Earth even though he saw a lot of roses, the one that grows on his planet is still very special. Because only loved ones become single. And for their sake they risk, sacrifice themselves, suffer inconveniences. And they always come back to their loved ones. After all, you tamed them, and they - you. So the prince flies to his home, because there is waiting for him, Rose, sad, and there is no one to take care of her! That's why you need to be a responsible person: you are trusted, and you can not deceive your trust, you have no right. But the little philosopher makes a truly royal gift to the pilot. He advises in moments of loneliness and melancholy to look more often at the sky and remember: there, among an infinite number of shining stars, there is one - the planet of the Little Prince. And from it the prince also looks to the sky, looking for the Earth among the golden dust, thinking about his fellow pilot. And about Fox. And when you know that somewhere far away there is a heart that loves you - you cease to be lonely!
This is how the responsibilities, conscientiousness, care and love are intertwined, forming the moral code of the individual.