Free Will is the ability to do what you want, and pursue your interests. In other words, Free Will is the ability to pursue the object of your passions, motivations, wants, interests, and desires. So where do our "wants" come from? Clearly, not everyone has the same motivations; otherwise everyone would end up in the same role (as a soldier, or a nurse, or a banker, etc). If you're driven to become President, you may settle for Governor, but you probably won't change direction and become a nurse. Think about it. Where do interests and passions come from? They can't be taught, or forced upon us. Yet our interests define who we are, our identity. Personal Responsibility is taking responsibility for your actions, accepting the consequences that come from those actions and understanding that what you do impacts those around you and you as a person. When the people of StMaarten apply these two concept of life you decide to take matters in your own hand and begin to form your destiny. All successful people in life apply these two concepts. In politics, political parties want politician of this kind of character. But many political parties do not want people to pursue this concept, because then there will be little or no need for politicians. In political science and ideology conservative stress personal responsibility and freewill from it members, but they also teach people that conservative value. Liberals wants the government to think for you and they believe the average man cannot think for his or herself. That is why they believe in big government, big government spends too much of the taxpayers money. Small government usually respect taxpayer's money and believe the people knows how to spend their money best. In social studies some women are very foolish always making bad decisions to have a relationship with a man they know who will not treat women as a human, same for some men with women. If you apply personal responsibility then you will know it is you that have to make it your business to find out about people before you get involve with them in a relationship. Be it a lover or a friend. Being intentionally ignorant or not using freewill to think about your actions deserves you unhappiness and sorrows. When people in StMaarten apply personal responsibility and freewill the greater the chances are for you to attain wealth and the less you will have to rely on government. Conservatives practice and train people how to be self reliant, Liberals believe only few people can be self reliant and therefore you need a big government to control the masses of people. That concept has never worked. But our master God knows best he gives us the Ten Commandments not only to please him, but it is the rule of self responsibility and freewill to apply them to protect ourselves from destruction. The conclusion is if God give us freewill and expect us to be responsible, then it is up to us to apply them. If we do we will become masters of our own destiny with God being the mighty master of all of us. Then need for government is very limited. Good luck with your endeavors in life, use personal responsibility and freewill. God bless StMaarten and its people.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
