“Anonymity brings out the very worst in us. Accountability, on the other hand, brings out the best.”
– Unknown
– Unknown
I cannot seem to remember where I heard that quote from; neither can I remember when or why. However, it has stuck with me since I heard it, and every now and then, when I am debating keeping some struggle or secret to myself, it pops into my head louder than all of the other influences.
I am thinking about it today. You see, I was heading down my road of the day, my path for today, and I was driving along when all of a sudden, BAM! I thought about not voting. (Before you read any further, if you did not vote for any reason, please do not take the rest of this blog to be a condemnation about why you screwed up by not voting. This is something personal to me; I cannot speak for you on judgment day, so I will not speak for you now.)
I was thinking that my vote wouldn’t make a difference anyway. I was coming up on an exit, or a choice, or what to do today. But then, almost like a flash, I started seeing all kinds of “exits” that I’ve missed in the past… watching a movie when I could be praying, sitting on Facebook when I could help my mom or grandma, going out to lunch with a good friend when I could go out to lunch with someone who doesn’t have many friends, listening to Taylor Swift when I could be praising and worshiping my God and filling up my spirit (and yes, I will admit it… I’ve done that a lot this week), or spending ten extra minutes on my hair when I could go vote instead. Today, voting almost got “canceled” on today’s list because
I didn’t feel like using gas to drive over there, because it’s only one vote
anyway, because of all kinds of reasons.
I didn’t feel like using gas to drive over there, because it’s only one vote
anyway, because of all kinds of reasons.
When we have choices to make, accountability is the best thing! Sadly, sometimes I feel more accountable to this blog than I do to God or other people. I’m certainly not going to go crazy and map out every moment of every day and if I do one thing that is even remotely “selfish”, I’ll have to fast everything as punishment for my sins or else I will spend eternity in fire and brimstone… no.
I just wanted to share that thought today: accountability makes you better, anonymity makes you worse. We as humans, who are undeniably prone to being on the “worse” side, need accountability. And honestly, I don’t really have it. So I am going to make like a detective and find some of that today (after I vote, of course). 🙂
Have a beautiful day, everyone.
