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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

♦ everyone else does it,
♦ or no one does it, or
♦ it is all your fault.

People who don't accept responsibility shift the blame to their parents, teachers, genes,
God, fate, luck or the stars.
Johnny said, "Mama, Jimmy broke the window." Mama asked, "How did he do it?"
Johnny replied, "I threw a stone at him and he ducked."
People who use their privileges without accepting responsibility usually end up losing
them.
Responsibility involves thoughtful action.

Pettiness Causes Us to Ignore Our Responsibilities

Think about it. Petty minds are busy passing the buck rather than doing what needs to be
done.

Social Responsibility

Ancient Indian wisdom teaches us that our first responsibility is to the community, second
to our family and third to ourself. A society starts degenerating when this order is
reversed. Social responsibility ought to be the moral obligation of every citizen.
Responsibility and freedom go hand in hand. A sign of a good citizen is that he is willing
to pull his own weight.

The price of greatness is responsibility.
--Winston Churchill

Societies are not destroyed by the activities of rascals but by the inactivity of good
people. What a paradox! If they can tolerate destruction by being inactive, how can they
be good? The question is, are they discharging their social responsibility?

For evil to flourish, good people have to do nothing and evil shall flourish.
--Edmund Burke

Step 2: Consideration

One day, a ten-year-old boy went to an ice cream shop, sat at a table and asked the
waitress, "How much is an ice-cream cone?" She said, "seventy-five cents." The boy
started counting the coins he had in his hand. Then he asked how much a small cup of
ice-cream was. The waitress impatiently replied, "sixty five cents." The boy said, "I will
have the small ice-cream cup." He had his ice-cream, paid the bill and left. When the
waitress came to pick up the empty plate, she was touched. Underneath were ten one-
cent coins as tip. The little boy had consideration for the waitress before he ordered his
ice-crearn. He showed sensitivity and caring. He thought of others before himself.

If we all thought like the little boy, we would have a great place to live. Show
consideration, courtesy, and politeness. Thoughtfulness shows a caring attitude.

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