I saw something, a quote and it made me think of my struggles w/my perceptions which cause chain reaction......

I have always said, that it all begins WITHIN me....like the slogan...Let it begin with me.......my thinking is ground zero for what my recovery is gonna stand on....good foundation...weak foundation...my choice

1  Data comes into my brain in the form of an event of some kind ....

2  I have a perception/thought about that data.....(the beginning point of what turn my progress will take)

3  out of that perception/thought comes my emotions....

4  from those emotions, I react or respond......and comes my action...

5  my actions become my habits

6  my habits shape my character.....

end result?? I either have a good character trait, or another survival skill to work on

so the Perception, or my thinking has to be the thing I am willing to work on.,  How  i PERCEIVE something is what triggers all the other ---feelings-----actions based on those feelings------habits out of those actions----a new or continued character trait

people say....change my mind...change my life....I believe this......putting out good or bad energy, all finds it roots in what I perceive/think.....

my goal is to change my negative thoughts into positive thoughts.....some of my step 4 issues are working on my fear...fear when i am powerless....the *thought* that i am helpless when powerless....so the emotions of anger/raging sometimes kick in......if i can "train me" that even in my powerlessness, I DO have CHOICE, even if it is to walk away, taking care of me, then I am not really helpless, am I???? I CAN walk away...I CAN detach...I CAN come back later to work on an issue.....my "perception" of being helpless is the root of all the chain events that I don't want arising.....

JUST saying