Freedom in Action

For this week's post, I would like to talk about how responsibility comes next to freedom, as Savater expresses, "but responsibility is the necessary counterweight of freedom...". I agree with Savater in this quote since responsibility is the thing that makes us think before we act freely (well in some cases). I truly believe responsibility is basic and must come next to freedom so we can learn to manage our freedom correctly. However as Savater also says, "then we must carry the burden of having freedom..." I like this quote since it is true that freedom is a burden, I mean freedom is a great thing but it is also seen as a burden in the matter than YOU and only YOU are responsible of your actions, since you are FREE to choose them, goodbye to blaming your mother, teacher, etc, there comes a time in which every human being must accept the freedom they are granted.

I decided to talk about responsibility because it's something that unfortunately many people don't accept in some occasions, including me. Everyone knows they're free, and constantly they keep reminding the world of it by doing not such great things, but who ever brags about responsibility? Of course we all like to accept freedom but no one really accepts responsibility fully or at least brags about is as when they talk about freedom. It's like the book said, when something good happens to one, one takes all the merit, but if something wrong dare to occur to one then all the blame goes to others instead of ourselves. So I believe than every human that accepts freedom must accept responsibility, it is in fact the "ugly truth" about freedom, accepting the burden that we are going to be responsible, but it is also what will make us more mature and grow as human beings. So let's embrace responsibility, for better or worse...