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Monday, May 16, 2011

Choice is a function of awareness

Our attitudes determine the quality of our perceptions. Since we think, feel, act, and process information based not on reality, but rather on our perception of reality, in a world of multiple realities, it is essential to examine our own attitudes or mind set. As we do this, we find we are always confronted with a choice to either react, based on our history, expectations, and past perceptions, or we can make a conscious decision to generate a response in the moment, based on our values and commitments. We must be present to our own thoughts, feelings, and sensations to make conscious choices.

 "The last of man's freedoms is the freedom to choose his attitude under any given circumstance." - Viktor Frankle

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