Responsibility Osmosis

It is obvious and with great purpose that the human race be in community. It is the second of the 10 Commandments after loving God that we love one another. In this way, I believe each of us ought to take and receive in a equalized sort of osmosis like manner, or in such a way where giving and receiving would occur on the same standard and without distinction.

Most often it seems we plan and desire to take as much upon ourselves as we are in the majority of the responsibility of doing so. This can never be achieved all of the time as parents, friends, siblings, spouses, and co-workers offer to assist or just as commonly we fail to do the “everything” which we had intended.

Just as often as we aspire*to do most everything ourselves we ought to, we do not intend to ask for glep with anything. It is on the same level of interest that I evaluate this which I also consider the fact that we enjoy doing for others. Doing for ourselves I believe has half the effect of accomplishment because the things we chose to do for ourselves must make a list of priorities. We do not have to chose to do anything for ourselves knowing that no one else will do them for us. We do the things which are most important to us. Whether these things we make priorities are the things which are all the best for our own betterment is another issue. It is due to the fact that we have the primary authority over ourselves for which we do not want to do them.

In controversy there are several reasons we enjoy doing for others. As we were created to be in communion, we enjoy helping one another which is really unexplainable. Besides that, I think that we occasionally subconsciously get the idea that the things which we do for others will somehow make up for or out-weigh the things which we are responsible for, for ourselves but neglect. Helping our neighbors with their responsibilities gives us a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction which cannot be achieved by doing for ourselves as those two things are not on the same spectra.

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