Internal Control, Not External

“Thinking that someone outside of us has control over the inside of us creates a helpless, hopeless, and joyless reality. 

No person, event, or thing can make you think a certain thought, feel a certain emotion, say certain words, or enact certain actions. You are the only one who can choose these things for yourself. 

You are the creator of your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Abdicating this personal responsibility is gifting your power and happiness to some external person or circumstance - handing over your puppet strings to be played at the will of anyone else but you.” —Quote from CHOOSE HAPPY: BE THIS, NOT THAT