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# Between stimulus and response there is a little bit called choice.
- URL: https://berniejmitchell.com/between-stimulus-and-response-there-is-a-little-bit-called-choice/
- Published: 2013-03-14T16:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-03-14T16:36:00.000Z
- Author: Bernie J Mitchell
- Tags: BLOG, #Migrated-1772907944273, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-07 18:26

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**Energy is low.**   
**Small things are completely energy zapping.**   
**Some days it seems like a game.** 
**I have long subscribed to the idea from [Viktor Frankl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man's%5FSearch%5Ffor%5FMeaning?ref=berniejmitchell.com) that in he space between stimulus and response there is a little bit called choice.** 
  
**Indeed after reading Viktor and [Primo Levi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primo%5FLevi?ref=berniejmitchell.com) when ever I am stuck a tube train I think of how they travelled to the destination that gave them their stories to tell and feel imediatly choose to stop whining to myself.** 
  
**With the "choice" everything could go either way.** 
**Sometimes when in a despair that space is skipped over.** 
  
**Sometime these days it announces its self for deeper discussion.** 
**You could just get up and go. You know it is better when you just go.** 
**This makes it even more torture, knowing there is a choice and not taking it kills.** 
**So lying in bed "unable to move" knowing that you are lying there is doing ten times more damage than getting up and going could ever do you is shit.** 
**Luckily I have a supercool wife who knows how to navigate this.** 
**I have always been really good at getting up early. Years ago I worked in a five star hotel in Mayfair, lived in Camden and did the breakfast shift - early is GREAT.** 
**Getting up early is good for your body and soul AND you get a seat on the tube.** 
**My "leap out of bed" super power is in hold for a bit, I really do hope normal service resumes soon.**