"Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you feel and do about what happens to you." -Harold S Kushner reflecting on Viktor E Frankl

Life will provide us with many trials and experiences, some inconvenient, disappointing, hurtful, and others extreme and traumatic. The force may shake us so greatly that it will pull us away from the essence of who we are at our core, our true self, offsetting our natural ability to recover from the event. The journey often becomes increasingly arduous the further we get from our true essence.

If we choose to intentionally respond, with all our abilities and limitations, being true to ourself, it will reset our path towards deeper understanding, connectedness, and meaning.