We must also show him that the task he is responsible for is always a specific task. It is specific in a twin sense: one, that the task varies from person to person – in accord with the uniqueness of each person. Two, that it changes from hour to hour , in accord with the singularity of every situation.*
Viktor Frankl

May you and your responsibility be one,
May you become more responsible
for who you are and what you do.

Develop your skills but also
strengthen your core –
This will tire before your abilities let you down.

You are who you are, but
you will also be who you will be –
Growing, innovating, transforming.**

Don’t be tempted to pick up another’s responsibility –
That is theirs and this is yours:
This will never be theirs or anyone else’s.

*Viktor Frankl’s The Doctor and the Soul;
**Anna Katharina Schaffner highlights ten ancient arts for personal development and growth (the suggestions are mine:
Know Yourself: perhaps create a “portrait” of your abilities and character
Control Your Mind: you are the noticer of your thoughts
Let It Go: let go of whatever, thoughts, feelings, plans prevent us growing
Be Good: always look for opportunties to speak or to do goodness to another
Be Humble: admitting our gaps and flaws will enable us to grow more
Simplify: from a centre of silence, solitude, and slowness, strip away the unnecessary
Use Imagination: be playful, create stories, follow rabbit-holes, play games
Persevere: develop grit one more faithful act at a time
Mentalise: put yourself in another’s place, to see and understand their perspective
Be Present: experiment with unwiring and unplugging to be body, mind, and soul here.