A lesson on accountability

If you are unhappy with your life

its your fault

it may come across as harsh or rude, but its the truth

this morning while doing 2hr of elliptical i was thinking about quite a few things, and accountability was one of them

Specifically how we seem to always be surprised when we find ourselves in a situation that we don’t like

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of situations where even if we do everything right we still end up on the wrong side of the road

some things just cannot be controlled or predicted

But the opposite is also true

there is a sea of things that we can indeed control and predict

If you spend years smoking and suddenly find yourself with cancer

you don’t have the privilege of acting surprised and playing the victim

while this obviously sucks and its not something i wish on anyone

it is the reality of things

If you spend most of your time eating crap, living like a couch potato

you don’t have the privilege to act surprised and playing the victim once you notice the number on the scale has gone way up

You deserve the consequences of your actions.

Again, you might do everything right and still find yourself in an horrible situation like having cancer

That doesn't mean you deserve it because one time you lied to your parents

Its just bad luck at that stage.

While playing the victim in that case would not really help you either, it would be justified in a way

All of this is to say:

Try your best to put in the right inputs so that you may get the right outputs,

Avoid doing things that you know are bringing you down a bad road.

Because when you suddenly find yourself at a dead end, it will be your fault.