THE POWER TO CHOOSE

It's intriguing to me how we will allow other people to determine our joy or frustration. Whether it be a partner, family member, friend or stranger. We surrender power to them. Well, how do we do this? When someone disagrees with you, do you feel angry or insecure? Why? Their disagreement cannot MAKE us feel anything. We must choose to be hurt or offended and then "do" being hurt or offended. Angry isn't something we are, it's something we do. We are "doing" anger. Insecure isn't something we are. We "do" being and feeling insecure. When we allow the behavior of someone else to determine how we choose to experience the moment or the day, we are giving them power to decide for us what we will "choose" to do. How about feeling or "doing" disappointment? Now there's something that takes a lot of preparation.  We must create in our mind all of these expectations of how things will be, how people will behave and what we want to have happen. Then when little or none of it occurs because we can't CONTROL other people, we then get to "do" disappointment. Stop giving the power away in your life. You can and do "choose" what emotion and behavior you will "do". Go right now and "do" peaceful, or "do" feeling pleasant. You have the POWER, you can "choose" what to "do" or "be".