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This way of looking at emotions is so useful that there is a short mnemonic I want you to use whenever you ’ re trying to underst and an emotion that you ’ re experiencing: just say to yourself “guidance system.” It forces you to look at an emotion for what it really is: an evolved response. In this sense, there ’ s no such thing as a positive or n... See more

Viktor Frankl — the neurologist, psychologist, and Auschwitz survivor — once wrote that “ Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom .” This brilliant quote points to one of the deepest and most important benefits derived from meditating on the e... See more