Today, I had a good chat with Elisey. I was once again convinced that he is a kind and wise person, and that it is generally good that I met him. At that moment, I was replacing Sergei at his post.
Elisey explained that the fact that I was allowed to replace Sergei and stand guard at the post was a sign of great trust in me. He explained that I was responsible for making sure that no one got into the base and did anything bad. After this conversation, I suddenly realized something. That we ourselves choose how we relate to our responsibilities. And that determines how interesting they will be for us. For example, with responsibility at the checkpoint.
On the one hand, you could say that I’m just sitting around doing nothing, that it’s completely boring. On the other hand, you could say that I am a guard who keeps order and protects the base. I also realized that you can choose one of two paths. Either just sit and be bored. Or try to explore how to best fulfill your responsibilities, how to respond correctly to such a situation, how to act correctly in such a situation, etc.
I thought to myself, what a sad and pitiful picture this is. We devalue our responsibilities, make them seem boring and useless in our own eyes, and at the same time look for high-quality computer or mobile games in which we can do something interesting. How silly…
I thought that this attitude can even manifest itself in our communication. For example, when talking about what I was doing, I can casually say, “I was sitting in front of the screen again,” or I can seriously say, “I was on guard.” Even in such things, our attitude can manifest itself.
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