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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 634348" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Yes, the subtle but key difference in those two words---React and Respond. Great thought RE.</p><p></p><p>I react when I allow my feelings to dictate my actions. I immediately take action---some kind, any kind---in order to shut out the sad/bad/fear/helplessness that I feel. I take action for ME, to make myself feel better in the moment. Because I am afraid to feel my own feelings. </p><p></p><p>When I take the time to respond---to wait, to think, to pray---before I act, allow myself to feel my feelings, having learned that they will not kill me, and I can stand it, then I can take action or not, from a place of what is best for me, right now? </p><p></p><p>What is reasonable? Am I about to do something for someone that they should be doing for themselves? Am I trying to fix, save, manage or control, yet again? What have I learned? What can I live with, today? </p><p></p><p>Thanks RE, for this reminder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 634348, member: 17542"] Yes, the subtle but key difference in those two words---React and Respond. Great thought RE. I react when I allow my feelings to dictate my actions. I immediately take action---some kind, any kind---in order to shut out the sad/bad/fear/helplessness that I feel. I take action for ME, to make myself feel better in the moment. Because I am afraid to feel my own feelings. When I take the time to respond---to wait, to think, to pray---before I act, allow myself to feel my feelings, having learned that they will not kill me, and I can stand it, then I can take action or not, from a place of what is best for me, right now? What is reasonable? Am I about to do something for someone that they should be doing for themselves? Am I trying to fix, save, manage or control, yet again? What have I learned? What can I live with, today? Thanks RE, for this reminder. [/QUOTE]
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