{"id":41972,"date":"2021-07-03T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=41972"},"modified":"2021-07-15T08:34:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:34:48","slug":"act-dont-react","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/act-dont-react\/","title":{"rendered":"Act Don\u2019t React: Take Full Control of Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does the phrase “act, don\u2019t react” mean? How can you take control instead of reacting impulsively to every life event?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Act, don\u2019t react” means you don\u2019t let life circumstances control your feelings, instead, you take charge of your actions by responding thoughtfully to each event. You take control by harnessing the force of love<\/a> to put you on a positive frequency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to discover why “act, don\u2019t react’ is a principle you should live by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Act, Don\u2019t React<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you hand over control of your feelings to life\u2019s circumstances, you move through life on autopilot reacting without thought. If positive things happen, you have a positive response and vice versa. If you simply react to life, you\u2019ll become trapped on an emotional rollercoaster that never stops\u2014you just go round and round through the highs and lows.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you don\u2019t realize is that when you plummet into negativity, you\u2019re not guaranteed an upswing around the corner. You drag more negativity into your life, and down and down you go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might think, \u201cWell, it\u2019s natural to feel bad about forking over half your savings when your car breaks down,\u201d and you\u2019d be right. But your negative focus on how much money you\u2019re losing is putting you on the frequency of losing money. The law of attraction<\/a> has no choice but to bring you more circumstances that deplete your savings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have the power to change your circumstances by changing your actions and reactions.<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t matter how you\u2019ve approached life circumstances in the past, from now on, act,, don\u2019t react. Change your feelings today to get on a positive frequency and erase the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Problem With Reacting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you stay on the rollercoaster of reactions and you don\u2019t apply the principle of act, don\u2019t react, you cut positive frequencies off at the knees. Even if you\u2019re happy most of the time, the rate at which your reactions come and go doesn\u2019t allow the power of your positivity to come through. You can feel happy about many things, but if you don\u2019t hold that happiness and feel it deeply, you can\u2019t reach the level of love. If you don\u2019t reach the level of love, you don\u2019t give the love frequency enough time to connect with other positive frequencies<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where the difference between thinking and feeling comes in. You can think, \u201cI am happy to have received a raise today,\u201d but if your next thought is, \u201cI\u2019m hungry,\u201d the love for your raise dissipates. Worse, if you feel the love in one moment and then react negatively a moment later, you\u2019ve wiped out the positive frequency:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • You give love by visiting with a close friend but stop giving love when you get a flat tire after leaving.<\/li>
  • You give love by tucking your child in at night but stop giving love when something on the news upsets you. <\/li>
  • You feel love about an upcoming road trip but stop feeling love when you get a bill. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    You either give love and harness its power throughout the day or stop giving love and diminish its force. There is no middle ground. The force of love does not care about why you couldn\u2019t give love. Justifications for negativity only focus your attention on negativity.<\/strong> By now, you know what that means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Blaming others for your negativity doesn\u2019t work either. Your energy is giving out blame, and all you\u2019ll get back is blame. Circumstances or events that elicit blame in your life will continue, even if it\u2019s not the same situation that started the blame cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The same is true for criticism, hate, complaints, and all other negative emotions or reactions. When you give these negative thoughts or feelings power, they send a lack of love frequency to the universe. To apply the “act, don\u2019t react” principle, remove words like gross, awful, horrible, and vile from your vocabulary. You can\u2019t say these words without eliciting a strong emotional response.\u00a0
    The consequences of good and bad frequencies are likely not obvious. But think about times when you were on a lucky streak or had a run of bad luck. What preceded them? Did you give love by helping a neighbor carry her groceries and then receive a bigger tax refund than expected? Did you complain about your boss and then have your nanny quit? Look for the chain of reactions of good and bad to see how each frequency led to more of the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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