[Daily OM]: Our experiences color everything.
The events of the past can have a profound effect on how we see our
lives now and what we choose to believe about our world. Our past
experiences can also influence our emotional reactions and responses to
present events. Each of us reacts to stimulus based on what we have
learned in life.
There is no right or wrong to it; it is simply the
result of past experience. Later, when our strong feelings have passed,
we may be surprised at our reactions.
Yet when we face a similar
situation, again our reactions may be the same. When we understand those
experiences, we can come that much closer to understanding our
reactions and consciously change them.
Between stimulus and reaction exists a fleeting moment of thought.
Often, that thought is based on something that has happened to you in
the past. When presented with a similar situation later on, your natural
impulse is to unconsciously regard it in a similar light....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...