Personal responsibility is an obligation to do the right thing. Personal responsibility is part of love for yourself, your family, friends and neighbors. Personal responsibility is an action of caring. Personal responsibility is sometimes a thankless chore, and can be met with resistance or hostility. Personal responsibility can be as simple as cleaning up your own mess, as complex as starting a community group to reduce crime, and as painful as changing a part of yourself that you realize is destructive to yourself and/or others.