Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life.
The key to creating the mental space before responding is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way of being present: paying attention to and accepting what is happening in our lives. It helps us to be aware of and step away from our automatic and habitual reactions to our everyday experiences.
When you eliminate all stimuli, your brain is like, 'Finally, we've got some space! I want to talk with you about something!'
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
We know that there is a connection between our feelings and our brain.
In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of defensiveness.
Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.
All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain.
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