Enjoyed your post immensely.

"In between stimulus and response there's a space. In that space resides the power of conscious choice. Unfortunately, the most common responses are merely knee-jerk fight or flight reactions. But if you pause and use the power of that space, you can truly be "RESPONSE-ABLE".

(Paraphrased from the wise teachings of the late Dr. Stephen R. Covey.)

In lak'ech, JaiChai