Dear Rishi,
I really enjoyed talking to you on the weekend..You were playing when I called, your voice, your excitement with life just made up for all the week's exhaustion Your mom is so lucky to have you..she has you to come to..God bless her.
This weekend I am not going to share any story with you but share a personal reflection. The past week I was contemplating on Response versus Reaction. What is the difference between Response vs. Reaction? Why do we choose to react when we could respond? Why reaction is so quick to surface than response?
Response in very basic terms is something positive. Now why do I say response is positive? Let's further explore my definition of response. Now let's imagine a doctor is treating a sick patient and giving her or him medicine and the patient is improving. The first thing the doctor would say is the patient is responding well. This is where my perspective on definition of response comes from...i.e "A response is something positive". Similarly if the patent's condition is getting worse, the doctor will say the patient is reacting to the medicine, we need to stop or change the medicine. Hence, "A reaction is something negative"
These two simple definitions helped me to clarify the difference between response and reaction. Now from this vantage point, when I look at response and reaction what I found that both respond or reaction are triggered due to a situation. When you respond to a situation, you respond from within a positive space . You reflect and than choose usually from the highest place of your wisdom within you. However, when you react, we choose to react most of the times because we feel we need to act immediately because some person or thing offended you or hurt your ego. When you react to a situation you are reacting from a place of fear or ego, a negative emotion. The result of reaction will invariably will lead from bad to worse situation.
The longer I live Rishi, I am learning response is positive, reaction is negative. Remember two wrongs do not make things right. Let your behaviour not be fanned by forces from outside, but be born out of from within you, your heart, seat of your highest place of wisdom and goodness within you. How other people behave is none of your business, you have no control over that. You have control over on whether you respond or react. In your choices, let your highest wisdom shine, that is my prayer and hope for you love.
I love you and miss you Rishi..
With lots of love, hugs and kisses,
Daddy
I really enjoyed talking to you on the weekend..You were playing when I called, your voice, your excitement with life just made up for all the week's exhaustion Your mom is so lucky to have you..she has you to come to..God bless her.
This weekend I am not going to share any story with you but share a personal reflection. The past week I was contemplating on Response versus Reaction. What is the difference between Response vs. Reaction? Why do we choose to react when we could respond? Why reaction is so quick to surface than response?
Response in very basic terms is something positive. Now why do I say response is positive? Let's further explore my definition of response. Now let's imagine a doctor is treating a sick patient and giving her or him medicine and the patient is improving. The first thing the doctor would say is the patient is responding well. This is where my perspective on definition of response comes from...i.e "A response is something positive". Similarly if the patent's condition is getting worse, the doctor will say the patient is reacting to the medicine, we need to stop or change the medicine. Hence, "A reaction is something negative"
These two simple definitions helped me to clarify the difference between response and reaction. Now from this vantage point, when I look at response and reaction what I found that both respond or reaction are triggered due to a situation. When you respond to a situation, you respond from within a positive space . You reflect and than choose usually from the highest place of your wisdom within you. However, when you react, we choose to react most of the times because we feel we need to act immediately because some person or thing offended you or hurt your ego. When you react to a situation you are reacting from a place of fear or ego, a negative emotion. The result of reaction will invariably will lead from bad to worse situation.
The longer I live Rishi, I am learning response is positive, reaction is negative. Remember two wrongs do not make things right. Let your behaviour not be fanned by forces from outside, but be born out of from within you, your heart, seat of your highest place of wisdom and goodness within you. How other people behave is none of your business, you have no control over that. You have control over on whether you respond or react. In your choices, let your highest wisdom shine, that is my prayer and hope for you love.
I love you and miss you Rishi..
With lots of love, hugs and kisses,
Daddy
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