The Latin root of the word ‘responsibility’ reveals its true meaning: the capacity to respond, to react.
A responsible warrior is one who has proved able to observe and to learn. He is even capable of being ‘irresponsible’. Sometimes, he has allowed himself to be carried along by a situation, without responding or reacting.
But he always learned his lesson; he took a stance, listened to advice and was humble enough to accept help.
A responsible warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment.
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
by Paulo Coelho
