Our thoughts, feelings, expectations, and beliefs affect how we act, and how we react—they effectively create the very reality we experience. But while we go about creating that experience, our reality, we usually do so through unconscious patterns and habits rather than through truly conscious and aware choice.

Tapping into greater awareness—of ourselves, others, our personal situations, and our own habits of how we think and react—allows us to fully engage and respond to the world around us. Instead of simply reacting, we can reflect and respond from the fullness of our being, from the place where the greatest of who we are resides.