"**We decide what we will make of each and every situation**. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist. We decide whether we’ll assent or reject. No one can force us to give up or to believe something that is untrue (such as, that a situation is absolutely hopeless or impossible to improve). **Our perceptions are the thing that we’re in complete control of.** They can throw us in jail, label us, deprive us of our possessions, **but they’ll never control our thoughts, our beliefs, our reactions**. Which is to say, we are never completely powerless." ([Location 365](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=365)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[self-reflection]], [[self-control]], [[resilience]], [[adversity]], [[mindfulness]], [[personal-values]], [[failure]], [[obstacle-is-the-way]] **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]] **See Also** -- [[202308180913 — AtN — You have the ability to reframe scenarios to protect your mental health]]