Every action, no matter how innocent or well deserved, has its consequences. I just watched an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called, “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date.” Buffy wants to be a normal high school girl and yearns to have fun and relax. After much contemplating, she decides to let loose and give a classmate named Owen a chance. They start dating, and conveniently Giles discovers a threatening prophecy. He asks Buffy for help, but she blows him off for Owen. Every day she is plagued by her slayer duties, never allotting time for herself. What harm could just one night do? Giles ends up going out on his own to investigate and he is caught by a group of hostile vampires. Now Giles is in severe danger because of Buffy’s actions. Buffy is forced to leave Owen and try to find some way to save poor Giles. I could connect with this episode on a personal level. Ever action I take, even in good will, has its consequence. If I don’t do my homework before work, or I don’t leave on time to pick up my brother…..if I decide to stay out on a Sunday night….If I don’t remember to feed Skittles….each will result in a chain of less than desirable events. Why would these things ever happen? Because I got tired, because I wanted to live a little, or because I simply let it slip my mind for once. But that one choice will cause myself and others to suffer. Each person truly does hold a lot of responsibility in their actions.
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