Just sharing a vital lesson by re-reading an insightful passage in the Psycho-Cybernetics classic by Dr Maxwell Maltz:

"... You are basically an "actor" - not a "reactor". Throughout this book we have spoken of reacting and responding appropriately to environmental factors.

Man, however, is not primarily a "reactor", but an "actor".

We do not merely react and respond, willy-nilly, to whatever environmental factors may be present, like a ship that goes whichever way the wind happens to blow.

As goal-striving beings we first - ACT.

We set our own goal, determine our own course. Then, within the context of this goal-striving structure - we respond and react appropriately, that is, in a manner which will further our progress and serve our own ends... "!

Henceforth, we have a choice.

Drawing intellectual cues from the famed Austrian psychologist Dr Viktor Frankl:

"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.”

[Author's Note: It is good to learn about the 7 Levels of Awareness as postulated by the late Bob Proctor. You can go to the PGI corporate website to look for it.]