The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
Have the courage to act instead of react.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
The key to acting is less acting and just reacting.
Acting to me is always reacting.
We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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