The responsibility role. It’s the part of a lifetime. But fewer and fewer people even audition. Maybe because the dialogue is too difficult. And maybe because it requires something else in scarce supply.
Humility.
And I’ll admit, I haven’t always wanted the responsibility role either.
It’s not always easy to say, “Yeah, that was me. I did it. And I shouldn’t have. But I was stupid.”
Matter of fact, for way too many people those admissions are basically impossible. Because that would mean a recognition of guilt. And it’s no fun being guilty. Much less admitting it to anyone else. Right?
But there it is. The responsibility role. Somebody’s gotta play the part. Trouble is, it’s not just one part. Nope. It’s billions of parts. In fact, you could say there’s a 1:1 ratio of parts to people on the planet. In fact, I just did. And, yet, with all those available parts, very few are willing to admit it’s the role of a lifetime.
And absolutely NO ONE assumes the responsibility role 100% of the time. Even though it’s a perfect fit.
But that word, “assumes,” is present tense.
Thankfully there was one person, in the past, who assumed (past tense) the responsibility role. Ironically (to say the least), He was perfect for the part.
But it wasn’t made for Him.
Oops, I just let the secret out with a tiny, capital H.
Yeah, when you read His story, you discover something so amazing it’s almost impossible to believe anyone would ever do such a thing. Especially when you discover He did it for YOU.
And me.
And every other person who’s done bad stuff (which is every other person, period).
Sure, I can think I’m the nicest guy I know. But when I compare myself to the one who paid the responsibility price for anyone who accepts the payment, all my niceness vanishes.
Now, that doesn’t mean I can’t still make amends.
Because I wasn’t designed to be broken, flawed, and rebellious. Nope. I learned to do all that. You might say it all sort of came natural to me. And I might say that, too.
So, my “amends,” include writing and singing about this blessing of life. And using the words and music to tell anyone who’ll listen how they can have an eternity of debt washed away in the blink of an eye. And, about 9 years ago I wrote the lyrics to a future song on why it’s important. Here’s the chorus…
And it all seems helpless, hopeless…
In a world that’s full of brokenhearted…
Reckless, faithless…
From the ones still here and the dear departed…
When was all this madness started…?
When we began to flee…
From responsibility.
© 2014
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