” If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize, your mind is complicit in provocation”
~Epictetus~

No person or event outside of our mind has control over our emotions, perceptions and judgements. A mind at peace with love in the heart is not affected by the words and deeds it is exposed to. We can only get worked up, angry, insulted or hurt by design of our own thinking and how we choose to process the events we encounter.

WE OWN OUR DEAMOR, REACTIONS, AND
PRESENTATION TO THE WORLD. REFRAIN FROM BLAMING WE ARE IN CONTROL.

Only by allowing ourselves to internally feel the emotions of thoughts we choose that are aligned with our design for life, will our feelings and attitude be genuine. When we allow the behaviors of any external situation to impact our intentions, we are creating the desired reality of another and compromising the quality of our own.