You can’t choose how you feel, but you can choose what you think, and what you think has the power to change how you feel.
Tanya, chapter 12.
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Michael Friedlander
Atlanta
January 19, 2020
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.
The stimulus is the thought. The space is our feelings and what they make us believe. The response is the action based on those feelings and beliefs.
We cannot let our emotions control us
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Daniele Rodrigues Silva
Campinas
January 19, 2020
Wonderful. Thank you. Reply
Ed Levine
Boca Raton
January 19, 2020
My life was enhanced in such a positive way decades ago through a learning path that started with deep contemplation on “I control how I feel, I do not control how others feel.” Reply
The stimulus in this discussion is from the outside. The response(s) is our thoughts, and also our feelings. Through our thoughts, we exert influence on our feelings.