Not every situation requires, or deserves, an immediate response from you. Especially when you’re not in total control of the response you’re going to give, for instance, when your emotions are raging, for instance. Or when the situation elicits a reaction that pulls you back to a place you don’t want to return to, a place you’ve left, a place you’re growing out of.
In those moments, and there will be many along this journey of life, pause. Take a deep breath. Step away. Remove the stimulus from your space. Redirect your attention to something else.
In doing this, you give your emotions time to settle, to calm enough for your mind to clear. You make room for a surge of inspiration from another source, a higher source, a wiser one, more aligned with who you truly are and who you’re becoming.
And when that clarity comes, when your mind is still, when your strength has returned, when you can respond in a way that makes you proud of who you are being, respond then. Take the opportunity.
Also Read: How do you Keep your Conscience Clear?
Not every stimulus deserves an immediate reply, because often the immediate one is the wrong one, unless your automatic response already reflects the new, ideal version of yourself.
