Who's responsible????

Sometimes things go wrong in a situation and a person just happens to be there. Are they at fault too? Should they be punished also? Is it rightfully so?
I remember I was babysitting with my friend and we were in charge of her little brother until their mom came home. I went upstairs to my friend's room so that I could get some peace and quiet because I was trying to complete some homework. She stayed downstairs on the couch watching TV while he went outside and played. There were other kids out there and they all were playing kick ball, baseball, tag and other stuff. All of a sudden there was this crash and some loud, hysterical crying. I rushed down the steps and my friend was already at the door. Turns out her little brother had peddled head first into another kid on a bike and he hit his head pretty far. However, his mom was there and she witnessed the whole thing. So my friend and I figured that we were not going to be held responsible for the incident. After all, we were not there to see it or stop it right?
Wrong! We were held responsible because technically the little boy was still under our supervision even though his mother was present during the accident. Had the accident took place after we knew his mother was back and she clarified that we did not need to watch her son, then the accident would not have been on our watch.

Out with the Old and In with the New

I remember the final weeks of eighth grade and I wanted to take the feedback close friends had given me and change the way I looked at myself and their opinions. So I began the biggest project of my life which was, Out with the Old and In with the New. 

My Out with the Old and In with the New project made me spend a great deal of time and effort on it because it was literally taking the person that I was and revamping myself into who I had lost track of. For a better understanding, it's like being inspired by your own painting and then going step by step to recreate your painting even better. It does take a tremendous amount of dedication and work. I started off with writing down a list of characteristics about myself both positive and negative. That was the painful part, because I realized the bad outweighed the good...indefinitely. I had picked up some horrible habits and started hanging out with some people who had me on the road to self-destruction. Once I realized my problems, the BIGGEST and most difficult process was trying to force myself out of my habits. It took me some time but I was eventually able to get myself on point where I wanted to be.

My Out with the Old and In with the New project allowed me to be happier and also taught me many lessons. Lessons like: self appreciation, acceptance of criticism, self evaluation, and reconstruction. All of those lessons helped me in more ways than one with the person I am and love to be today. I am finally happy with my own person and that is all that it important. :)

Why do people explore? What kind of devotion does a person have to explore? What sacrifices does devotion include?

1.      What are some ways in which people throughout the ages have explored the unknown?
When people went about exploring or discovering new things they may have to overcome ridiculed or shunned for wanting to know further. For example, when  Ptolemy went against the Church's belief that the everything in space revolved around Earth. He took a lot of flack for exploring the unknown, fortunately that did not phase Ptolemy enough to stop his discoveries. Same as Isaac Newton who had to research, read, and remember various things in order to make sense of his discoveries: Newton's Laws. New ideas come from those who devote themselves to exploration and discovery.

2.      Why have individuals devoted themselves to a life of exploration and discovery?

Long ago, people hardly knew a thing about anything! There were those who were curious and there were those who were not. The people who were curious either wanted to know at any cost, or they simply just inquired every now and again. It was the individuals who wanted to know at any cost that allowed them to devote their life to exploration and discovery. If a person truly wants to know something, then they will do any and every thing in their power to find out exactly what it is that they want to know. If they have to read extensively then they will choose to read, if they have to ask a boat load of questions then they will write down a list.

3.      What sacrifices does such devotion involve?

     A devotion to exploration and discovery requires quite a bit of inquiry and dedication. For example,  an adult and a five-year old. The five-year old asks the adult a question and after the adult answers the question the first thing the five-year old asks is, "Why?" The persistence that the five-year old possesses will enable them to continue asking why until they have a full understanding or good enough explanation. The same scenario applies to everyone. If there is a desire to know, learn, discover, or better understand something and a person is truly up for the challenge to uncover the answer, then they will do just that.