When we choose how we think and how we react to things, we slowly re-wire our brains.

We get to choose patience, kindness self-control. This is incredibly empowering. When you realize you can control how your brain responds, this is ultimate freedom. One of the gifts God gives us is a sound-mind, but we have to choose it.

We also get to choose our boundaries, and how much we allow others to effect our nervous systems.

Since our nervous systems are responding as if we are in chronic danger, we also get to step back and look at our lives and decide how much of our lives are actually dangerous vs how much our brains are perceiving life as dangerous.

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