YOUR REACTION

                                              YOUR REACTION CHOOSES IT

             LIFE IS PRESENTING EVERY PERSON AND CIRCUMSTANCE TO YOU SO YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU LOVE AND WHAT YOU DON'T LOVE. WHEN YOU REACT TO ANYTHING YOU ARE REACTING WITH YOUR FEELINGS, AND AS YOU DO, YOU ARE CHOOSING IT! YOUR REACTION, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, STICKS IT TO YOU, AND IN EFFECT, YOU ARE SAYING YOU WANT MORE OF IT! AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO WATCH HOW YOU REACT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, BECAUSE WHETHER YOU REACT WITH GOOD OR BAD FEELING, THEY'RE THE FEELINGS YOU'RE GIVING, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE MORE OF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

             IF A PERSON SAYS OR DOES SOMETHING, AND YOU YOURSELF FEELING UPSET, OFFENDED, OR ANGRY, DO YOUR BEST TO CHANGE THE NEGATIVE REACTION RIGHT AWAY. SIMPLY BEING AWARE THAT YOU'VE REACTED NEGATIVELY TAKES THE POWER OUT OF THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS IMMEDIATELY AND CAN EVEN STOP THEM. BUT IF YOU FEEL A THROUGH THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS HAVE A GRIP ON YOU, IT IS BEST TO WALK AWAY AND SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES LOOKING FOR THE THINGS YOU LOVE, ONE AFTER THE OTHER INTIL YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER, LIKE LISTENING TO YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC, IMAGINING THE THINGS YOU LOVE, OR DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE. YOU CAN ALSO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU LOVE IN THE PERSON WHO UPSET YOU. THIS MIGHT BE CHALLENGING, BUT IF YOU CAN IT, IT IS THE FASTEST WAY TO FEEL BETTER, IT'S ALSO THE FASTEST WAY TO BECOME THE MASTER OF YOUR FEELINGS!

            " A MAN WHO IS MASTER OF HIMSELF CAN END SORROW

              AS HE CAN INVENT A PLEASURE. I DON'T WANT TO BE

              AT THE MERCY OF MY EMOTIONS. I WANT TO USE THEM,

              TO ENJOY THEM, AND TO DOMINATE THEM"