Where Does My Responsibility End?

We don’t live alone, as our lives are intertwined with the lives of those around us, at home, at work, wherever we go. As a result, we end up getting involved, to a greater or lesser extent, with many things that, in reality, don’t concern us.

Therefore, in order for us to move forward without carrying too much weight from our past, we need to be aware that not everything that happens is related to what we do.

Although it’s difficult not to get involved with what happens right beside us, especially when it concerns someone we love, such as our family members, we should be able to maintain a calm space within us, so that we’re not always burdened with a heavy heart.

Otherwise, we won’t live in peace anywhere, carrying a negative burden in every environment we find ourselves in.

There are people who are never at ease, as if they need worry to be able to live. They can’t see a solution to anything and end up destined to suffer every day, whether it’s because of dirt on the sidewalk, a rebellious child, a dripping faucet, clinging to any dissatisfaction, becoming prey only to what isn’t going right. They will never be able to see the many good things they have.

In addition to feeling like the worst creatures, they will try at all costs to blame the world for everything that happens to them, refusing to reflect on their own role in it all. Many times, they even blame us for what they themselves have caused, because they can’t accept that others are not as unhappy as they are and want to drag us into their own darkness.

This is how many partners, colleagues, friends accuse each other, and this is how relationships deteriorate and end.

Therefore, we must always be strengthened and certain about who we are and what we do, so that we are not influenced by others’ negativity. Knowing what is ours and what doesn’t concern us will free us from others’ negativity, shielding us against external attempts to pull us towards sadness and misery that are not ours.

We already have enough baggage; it’s unnecessary to carry the luggage of those who only hold emotional junk. Let’s be happy, because of and despite certain people. That’s it.

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This post was previously published on medium.com.

Image Credit: Created to Lost in My Soul by Filipa Kinomoto with Midjourney

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