Our joy and our misery is ultimately a matter of choice. Most of us are taught, at a very early age by both society and our environment, that we are victims of the world around us and particularly victims of our thoughts. We are taught that we have no control in life and our emotions are subject to the events of life to which we can only 'react'. That is one of the most damaging and ugly lies that we have ever been lead to believe and accept. The 'reality' is that we always have a choice in every situation as to how we 'let' it affect us. Because we have lived for so long as of the lie were true, it will take some practice to regain our internal freedom of 'choice'. When we return to making our own choices, we no longer live our life 'reacting', we choose how we will 'respond'. We become increasingly aware that we are 'responsible' for our own peace and happiness. We gain a greater sense of independence as we grow increasingly 'response-able' for our own lives.
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