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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.
There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
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.
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life.
Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.
Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.
The bottom line is: You are in control of your reactions to things and how you view things.
We identify in our exerience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.
When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.
We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.
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