re-spon-si-bil-i-ty   I was drinking my cowboy coffee the other morning and thinking about this word. Responsibility . I reached for my Oxford American Dictionary . Responsibility: the opportunity to act independently. Most people react in situations. Meaning, they immediately let their emotions take charge of them , be it anger, fear – letting their opinions cloud whatever is happening – instead of the other way around. I think it is hard-wired into us – the reacting. Someth

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