Responsibility has been misunderstood.

Some people treat it like punishment.
Others avoid it like danger.

But responsibility is neither.

Responsibility is simply ownership of influence.

Not everything is your fault.
But some things are still yours to address.

When you confuse responsibility with blame, you either:

attack yourself
or

avoid ownership entirely

Both lead to paralysis.

Clean responsibility says:
“This is mine to act on, even if I didn’t cause it.”

That stance is what restores power.

Not confidence.
Not motivation.

Power.

And without responsibility, there is no real freedom, only reaction.