Do something about it🔗

Understand, even if you are not the reason for a certain happening, if it is affecting you, you are responsible for it. And you can solve it only when you take responsibility for it.

A leader is responsible for making everyone responsible. That is why I tell you, feel responsible for whatever you see. If you see a slum, feel responsible for it, if you see a beggar, feel responsible for it. Feel responsible for everything. That is what Prince Siddhartha did - and became Gautama Buddha!

The story of Buddha's life describes how the young prince Siddhartha was travelling outside his palace for the first time and was shocked to see poor, diseased and dying people for the first time. We also feel shocked when we see diseased or dying people – but do we do anything about it? When Siddhartha saw an old man, he felt responsible for it. When he saw a diseased man, he felt responsible for it. It is his sense of responsibility that made Siddhartha take to the spiritual path to understand the cause of human misery. It is responsibility that transformed him into Buddha, the enlightened one.

Responsibility not only makes you a leader; it can make you divine.

Make a list of things in your day-to-day life that you are not directly responsible for, but which affect you - eg. the garbage dump near your house, your co-worker not doing well at work, etc.

Now see how you can take responsibility for it. List down what you can do about it, and take it up as an authentic practice.