responsibility

“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed,” said Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I completely agree with him.

When I was little, my mother had made sure I understood very well that owning a pet meant taking some serious and long-term responsibilities. She had explained to me more than once that when you adopt a kitty or a puppy, you have to take care of them, no matter what happens. They need to be fed, cleaned, trained, interacted with, and treated if they become ill, whether you have time / desire / means to do it or not. Mom made it clear to me that there was no “trial time” when it comes to pet ownership. Pets are not toys; you can’t take one, play with it, and then throw it away when you get bored with it. Mom had made sure I knew about the unpleasant responsibilities, too: “If your kitty throws up on the floor, you will have to clean up the mess, and if your puppy has diarrhea, you will have to wipe his butt.”

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I hate to sound like a woman who is husband bashing, but I am just a little ticked at my husband. We moved nearly 600 miles from our family and friends so that he could do work that he thinks he will like.

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The Geminian rants:

What if Saddam Hussain's mother had picked a different father for her children? What Adolph Hitler's mother had held out for prince charming? Osama Bin Laden? David Koresch? Ted Bundy?

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Napoleon Hill said it all in his Think and Grow Rich. Thoughts are tangible things and what we think of ourselves may often determine who we are.

Thoughts are so powerful that if we think of ourselves in a certain way, long enough and often enough then we start to act in accordance with what we think.

This is quite strong stuff, it has implications for self-esteem and whether we think we can go the course or whether every time we fall down we lose a bit more of our self-esteem.

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So my trials and tribulations are well documented throughout the BP community. I guess it’s easier for me to talk to people I don’t know. To be honest, it’s all a little embarrassing because deep down I think there is an element of weakness involved when you complain.

Anyways, today I had an interview and it went okay, but the job does not start until June. I would love to wait because it is a really nice opportunity, but I am just not afforded that luxury at the present time. At the same time, I may not even be one of the candidates the compnay is considering. It' s a three step interview process so who knows. None of this is that important to what I have to say. What is important to me is that as I rode the bus in my favorite gold tie and square toed Steve Maddens, partially because I did not drive out to Cali where I now reside and thus do not have a car and partially because my license was revoked due to my own misguidedness let’s call it (spell checker says misguidedness is not a word), I realized it was time to man up.

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“What is wrong with the kids today?�? Ah, the age-old question posed by those a generation or two removed from what is considered “cool�? at any given time. A question that only frustrates the elders as the kids roll their eyes.

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