A sense of responsibility is a very narrow road. It doesn't leave us free to do as we please. But as with everything else, the limitation we place upon ourselves provides our greatest success. Lincoln said that the nation could not exist half slave and half free. Neither can leadership exist half responsible and half irresponsible. So to be responsible we need to have a sense of responsibility, we need obedience, less material possessions, more work, be responsible for our actions, a peaceful attitude, and more potential.
             First of all, a great Canadian athletic coach once said, "that most people in and out of athletics were, hold-outs." What he meant was that frequently we don't invest ourselves fully in what we are doing. We have too many reservations about things. We go into our assignments with our fingers crossed, so to speak. We hold out on our enthusiasm and our determination and our industry. But when we hold out on life, the life holds on us. At all costs we should avoid being a holdout and focus on having more responsibility. There was a great quote by Wendell Phillips that said, "responsibility educates."
             Furthermore, the world we live in requires obedience-not conformity, not stereotype, but obedience to the laws of nature, the laws of society, the laws of morality and higher values. Obedience does not diminish, freedom, it increases it. By learning how to obey, we open channels through which we can understand everything else like happiness as well as to responsibility.
             Next, most of us have too many material possessions. As our society becomes more complex and our lives have and more facets, "things" can begin to overtake us. More than ever before, in order to live happily, it is necessary to simplify, organize, and be responsible for things.
             In addition, much of the satisfaction and joy of life comes from the acceptance and conscientious completion of work. People who never lear
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