The Anti-Puppet Mindset practice 6
We get jerked around by external things and unquestioned impulses all the time. Like puppets, we let someone else pull the strings and dance to their liking. The ambiguous remark of a colleague, friend who didn’t call, or the comment of a stranger—we get spun around by things beyond our control. We let others push our buttons. Even worse, it’s not just other people, we also let the weather, social media, news, and sports results pull our strings. We dance to sunshine and stomp to rain. We cheer the goal of…