It's my 'Responsibility'
Returning my promise - responsibly
Responsibility: The Ability to Respond
About two weeks ago, I landed on Responsibility in the game of Gyan Chaupar — and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. There is so much contained within that one word. It feels like a weight, doesn’t it? Like something we carry. Yet it’s also a call — an invitation.
Responsibility is often misunderstood as a burden. But really, it is about response-ability — our ability to respond to life, to the moment, to each other.
And here’s the truth:
You can’t do more than you’re capable of.
Responsibility ends where your capability ends.
But — and this is important — your capability isn’t fixed. It shifts with time, place, your body, your lifestyle, your energy, your beliefs.
Your beliefs are a huge factor in how much you show up in the world. You are capable of far more than you think. But first, you have to believe it.
So what is our deepest responsibility? It’s to live our fullest potential. That’s it.
To keep showing up — gently, fully, consistently — as the most honest version of ourselves.
We each have the right amount of time here on Earth to do what we are meant to do — to fulfil our soul’s purpose.
Responsibility is to recognise this purpose and honour it. To meet yourself every day with an open and peaceful heart — the energetic heart, which is whole and can never be broken. It’s from this space that wisdom and responsibility can enter. We must be open to receive them.
It is your responsibility to grow — in peace, in power, in wisdom, in creativity, and most importantly, in awareness.
This reminds me of the Four Agreements from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz:
Be impeccable with your word
Don’t take anything personally
Don’t make assumptions
Always do your best
These aren’t rules. They are a way of being. A compass. A reminder that true responsibility isn’t about perfection — it’s about alignment.
To respond is to answer, to return a promise to life.
So, how do we respond responsibly?
With truth. With honesty. With warmth. With presence.
That’s what I’m exploring right now.
What does responsibility mean to you — in this moment, in your body, in your breath?
As usual, below are our 4 thoughts and 2 questions about Responsibility.
4 thoughts on Responsibility
From Mahatma Gandhi
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
🪷 Responsibility begins with the self — with what we choose to embody each day.
From Viktor E. Frank
In the final analysis, the question is not what we can expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
🪷 Responsibility is not a weight; it is a sacred response to the call of being alive.
From George Bernard Shaw
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
🪷 To be responsible is to become a steward of what comes next — in thought, in word, in action.
From Elbert Hubbard
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
🪷 When we realise we are free to choose our response, we step into our power.
2 questions about Responsibility
What does responsibility mean to you — in this moment, in your body, in your breath?
In what area of your life are you being called to respond more consciously, more truthfully, or more fully?
Much love
Vineeta
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