Responsibility

There comes a time in everyone's life where burdens need to be shouldered, debts need to be paid, things need to be taken care of. Its called responsibility and for the eternal child it is no walk in the park. I dont know whats wrong with me, but for some reason, at this time in my life, Im very willing to assume some responsibilities. Its my only driving force sometimes it seems. Maybe everythings right with me, but I see so many people just unwilling to accept responsibility for their actions. Thats why we have laws and insurance.
Time for the stupid story of the day. So I hear a lot of car stories working the business that I do, and I just heard about a guy who drove his Lincoln Navigator for about 21000 miles without getting an oil change since about 5000. Needless to say he is paying for a new engine out of pocket which is going to cost him 9000 bucks. The engine simply said no more and seized up. Now is this taking responsibility for your actions or not? I think its gross negligence, but hey, thats me. He also had free oil changes for goodness sake! I cant believe it!
Responsibility is more than making smart choices, its also about making painful ones. More action, then reaction. Making a decision based on whats right rather then whats easy, deciding on whats best instead of just ok. Ive failed this task multiple times but I want to get better. I hope experience is teaching me to be better. I hope I can be responsible enough to go for everything I want out of life and not complain when I dont get it because of impatience, laziness, negligence, stupidity... you get the point.
All men die, not all men truly live...