The human brain is an association, meaning-making machine. We make meaning every day about everything— for better or worse. The meaning we make about our sensory-observations— what we perceive using our five senses: visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), kinesthetic (feeling), olfactory (smelling), gustatory (tasting) — governs our experience of a situation and how we respond. And, these meanings we assign typically happen at the speed of thought— unless we consciously take a breath, reflect on our internal thoughts, and analyze them.