What others do is the stimulus, not the cause, of feelings

… what others say and do may be the stimulus, but never the cause, of our feelings. We see that our feelings result from how we choose to receive what others say and do, as well as from our particular needs and expectations in that moment. With this third component, we are led to accept responsibility for what we do to generate our own feelings.^[1]

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See also:

• Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose