"I read Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and his idea 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.'

In a similar way, I think what you've described - particularly the tape idea - is what I've recently learned is neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)? Fascinating stuff."

Thank you for this post. It puts some perspective into my many very negative moments and quick reactions. I must work on this. I do love philosophy.

poet