I am the decisive element

[goldoyster]

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration;
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides
whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated,
and a person is humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse.
If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become
what they are capable of becoming.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe adapted from Teacher and child: A book for parents and teachers,  Haim Ginott

(reminds me a lot of Thunder Perfect Mind as well as Liber Samekh. Could be a daily prayer.)