You are responsible for everything in your life. If a windstorm blows over the trees in your yard, you’re responsible. If a drunk driver runs through a red light and smashes into your car, you’re responsible. If your employer goes out of business due to poor management or poor market conditions and you’re left without a job, you’re responsible.
Is it fair that you should be responsible for all these things? No, it is absolutely not fair. And if you like, you are perfectly justified in feeling sorry for yourself and complaining to anyone who will listen to the unfairness of it all.
That’s definitely one option that many choose. But here’s what I believe is a better one. YOU take responsibility. Even though it’s not your fault, take responsibility. Even though it’s not fair, accept the responsibility to make it better.
Responsibility is not a burden that’s thrown upon you. Responsibility is the exact opposite. Responsibility is your way to free yourself from those burdens. Responsibility is the way for you to take control. Look at the word itself. Responsibility is your “ability” to act in “response” to whatever circumstances the world might throw at you.
Who is responsible for all this? You are! Accept your responsibility, live it and use it to shape a more positive world filled with true joy and fulfillment.